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title: "Kukiel wielki"
description: "Eudynamys scolopaceus — Ptaki. The Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus) is a member of the cuckoo family of birds, the Cuculidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/asian-koel
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kukiel wielki

> Eudynamys scolopaceus — Ptaki. The Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus) is a member of the cuckoo family of birds, the Cuculidae.

- Scientific name: *Eudynamys scolopaceus*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 16138
- Wikidata: [Q798401](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q798401)
- iNaturalist taxon: [204510](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/204510)

## Names

- en: Asian Koel
- de: Indischer Koel
- es: Koel Común
- fr: Coucou koël
- nl: Indische koël
- pl: Kukiel wielki

## Countries with the most observations

IN (5288), SG (2269), TH (2106), HK (1556), MY (560), CN (444), LK (435), MV (255), TW (131), MO (115), NP (72), PK (72)

## Summary

The Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus) is a member of the cuckoo family of birds, the Cuculidae. It is found in the Indian subcontinent,  China, and Southeast Asia. It forms a superspecies with the closely related black-billed koels, and Pacific koels which are sometimes treated as subspecies. The Asian koel, like many of its related cuckoo kin, is a brood parasite that lays its eggs in the nests of crows and other hosts, who raise its young. They are unusual among the cuckoos in being largely frugivorous as adults. The name koel is echoic in origin with several language variants.  The bird is a widely used symbol…

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asian_koel

## Photo

![Kukiel wielki](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/asian-koel/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stephen Matthews · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/343458880

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/asian-koel?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).