The black-billed koel (''Eudynamys melanorhynchus'') is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is endemic to forest and woodland on the Indonesian islands of

Sulawesi Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...

Sula Sula may refer to: Places Norway * Sula (island), an island in Sula municipality, Møre og Romsdal county * Sula, Møre og Romsdal, a municipality in Møre og Romsdal county * Sula, Solund, an island in Solund municipality, Vestland county * Y ...

, Banggai,

Togian The Togian (or Togean) Islands are an archipelago of 56 islands and many offshore islets, situated in the Gulf of Tomini, off the coast of Central Sulawesi, in Indonesia. The largest islands are Batudaka, Togean, Talatako and Una-Una. Ther ...

and other smaller nearby islands. It has often been considered conspecific with '' E. scolopaceus'', but they are increasingly treated as separate species. Unlike the black-billed koel, all other members of the common koel complex have a pale bill. The black billed

koel The true koels, ''Eudynamys'', are a genus of cuckoos from Asia, Australia and the Pacific. They are large sexually dimorphic cuckoos that eat fruits and insects and have loud distinctive calls. They are brood parasites, laying their eggs in ...

voice a typical "koel!" call, or a short series of rising and falling "woo" notes.

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black-billed koel Endemic birds of Sulawesi black-billed koel Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{Cuculiformes-stub