Dwarf koel

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Dwarf koel
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Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Microdynamis
Salvadori, 1878
Species:
M. parva
Binomial name
Microdynamis parva
(Salvadori, 1876)

The dwarf koel (Microdynamis parva) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is monotypic within the genus Microdynamis.[2] It is found in New Guinea, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.[1] Its closest relatives are the Eudynamys (the true koels).[3]

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