Bed-jacket vs Rufous Coucal

Alectryon tomentosus compared with Centropus unirufus

Key Differences

• Bed-jacket is Least Concern while Rufous Coucal is Near Threatened.

Taxonomic Classification

Rank	Bed-jacket	Rufous Coucal
Kingdom	Plantae (Plants)	Animalia (Animals)
Phylum	Magnoliophyta (Flowering Plants)	Chordata (Chordates)
Class	Magnoliopsida (Dicots)	Aves (Birds)
Order	Sapindales (Sapindales)	Cuculiformes (Cuculiformes)
Family	Sapindaceae	Cuculidae
Genus	Alectryon	Centropus
Species	Alectryon tomentosus	Centropus unirufus

Conservation Status

Bed-jacket

LC — Least Concern

Rufous Coucal

NT — Near Threatened

Physical Characteristics

Attribute	Bed-jacket	Rufous Coucal
Diet	—	—
Average Lifespan	—	—
Average Length	—	—
Average Weight	—	—

Habitat & Geographic Range

Bed-jacket

Habitat

Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.

Rufous Coucal

Habitat

Typically found in various aerial, terrestrial, and aquatic environments.

Range

Found in Norway. Listed as Near Threatened, this species requires ongoing monitoring to prevent population decline.

Bed-jacket

The Bed-jacket (Alectryon tomentosus) is a species in the genus Alectryon. It is currently classified as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. Typically found in diverse terrestrial habitats from tropical forests to temperate regions.