BioOne.org will be down briefly for maintenance on 17 December 2024 between 18:00-22:00 Pacific Time US. We apologize for any inconvenience.
How to translate text using browser tools
1 July 2018 The Common Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus in Northern China, New Distributional Information, and a Brief Review of Range Extensions of Cuckoos in China
Yanfeng Sun, Peng Cui, Juyong Li, Mo Li, Yuefeng Wu, Dongming Li
Author Affiliations +
Abstract

Climate change-mediated range shifts have been well illustrated for a range of avian species. Here, we report on a new distribution site of the Common Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus in Qinglong Manchu Autonomous County, Hebei Province, China. This site lies about 700 km beyond the previously traditional northern limit of the species' range. Based on publications and birding records of Cuckoos in China, we found that 8 of 17 species had extended their known distribution ranges northward or westward since 1976.

© The Ornithological Society of Japan 2018
Yanfeng Sun, Peng Cui, Juyong Li, Mo Li, Yuefeng Wu, and Dongming Li "The Common Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus in Northern China, New Distributional Information, and a Brief Review of Range Extensions of Cuckoos in China," Ornithological Science 17(2), 217-221, (1 July 2018). https://doi.org/10.2326/osj.17.217
Received: 19 July 2016; Accepted: 10 November 2017; Published: 1 July 2018
KEYWORDS
Cuckoos
Eudynamys scolopaceus
New distribution
range expansion
RIGHTS & PERMISSIONS
Get copyright permission
Back to Top