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Asian koel

Eudynamys scolopaceus

हिन्दी: कोयल

IUCN: Least Concern
A male Asian koel with a red eye perched on a branch among small fruits and leaves

Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Nemi Nagar Extension, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized

A koel perched on the rim of a blue bowl among green leaves

Image: Devendra Bhardwaj · iNaturalist · CC BY-NC 4.0 · Nemi Nagar Extension, Jaipur, Rajasthan · Resized

Scientific name
Eudynamys scolopaceus
Hindi name
कोयल
Family
Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes
Group
Bird
Conservation status
Least Concern

The voice of summer: a rising call at dawn.

  • Spot it Glossy black male with red eyes; spotted brown female.
  • Home Gardens and groves.
  • Food web Eats fruit and insects, spreads seeds, and lays eggs in crow nests.
  • Why it matters Swallows fruit and spreads seeds far from the parent tree, helping forests and gardens renew.

Read more: Asian koel on Wikipedia

Sources and credits

Records and field notes

  • JaipurDevendra Bhardwaj recorded an Asian koel eating Salvadora fruits in his Jaipur garden at Nemi Nagar Extension.[20]
  • JaipurHe photographed another koel in the same garden in January 2026.[20]
  • JaipurHis iNaturalist account holds four verified koel records, all from the Vaishali Nagar area of Jaipur.[20]

Sources

  1. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (species pages linked on each entry) (database). Global conservation status. Every species page was opened.
  2. Devendra Bhardwaj. iNaturalist observations and notes, with place and date (inaturalist.org/people/devendrabhardwaj) (field record). The observer's own dated records and notes, with places. Statements in his notes are his own and were not independently checked by KJVF.
  3. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and GBIF species data (family, order, Hindi names, IUCN category) (database). Open biodiversity data. Used for classification, Hindi common names and the IUCN category where one is given.
  4. Wikidata (Hindi labels for species) (database). Open data, used for Hindi common names.
  5. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (opening lines of each species article, CC BY-SA 4.0). The link on each entry goes to the article (reference). Not peer reviewed. Only the opening description is used, and statements about origin or medicinal use are left out.
  6. Short introductions and key points written with AI help (Google Gemini and Claude) and checked against GBIF where possible (reference). AI-assisted text for general readers. Please check important details before relying on them.

The tag before each record shows the place it was checked for.

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