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Dwarf koel
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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. It is found in New Guinea, where its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. Its closest relatives are the Eudynamys (the true koels).

References

1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Microdynamis parva". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22684046A93012403. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22684046A93012403.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
2. "Microdynamis". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 11 August 2014.
3. Sorenson, Michael D.; Payne, Robert B. (2005). "A molecular genetic analysis of cuckoo phylogeny". In Payne, Robert B. The Cuckoos. Oxford University Press. pp. 90, 93. ISBN 0-19-850213-3.

v t e Genera of cuckoos, bustards, turacos and their extinct allies
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Clade: Passerea Clade: Otidimorphae
Otidimorphae Musophagiformes †Foro? Musophagidae †Veflintornis Corythaeolinae Corythaeola Criniferinae Crinifer Musophaginae Gallirex Menelikornis Tauraco Otidiformes Otididae Afrotis Ardeotis Chlamydotis Eupodotis †Gryzaja Houbaropsis †Ioriotis Lissotis Lophotis †Miootis Neotis Otis †Pleotis Sypheotides Tetrax Cuculiformes See below ↓
Cuculiformes incertae sedis †Eutreptodactylus Cuculidae †Chamnbicuculus †Dynamopterus †Eocuculus †Neococcyx †Procuculus †Thomasococcyx Centropodinae Centropus Couinae Carpococcyx Coua Crotophaginae Crotophaga Guira Cuculinae Rhinortha Phaenicophaeini Ceuthmochares Clamator Coccycua Coccyzus Dasylophus Phaenicophaeus Piaya Rhamphococcyx Taccocua Zanclostomus Cuculini Cacomantis Cercococcyx Chrysococcyx Cuculus Eudynamys Hierococcyx Microdynamis †Nannococcyx Pachycoccyx Scythrops Surniculus Urodynamis Neomorphinae †Cursoricoccyx Dromococcyx Geococcyx Morococcyx Neomorphus Tapera

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