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The '''Asian Koel''' (''Eudynamys scolopaceus'')<ref>{{cite journal|author1=David, N |author2=Gosselin, M |name-list-style=amp|year=2002|title=The grammatical gender of avian genera|journal=Bull B.O.C.|volume=122|pages=257–282}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=Penard, TE|year=1919|title=The name of the black cuckoo| journal=Auk|volume=36| issue=4|pages=569–570|url=http://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/auk/v036n04/p0569-p0570.pdf|doi=10.2307/4073368|jstor=4073368 }}</ref> is a member of the [[cuckoo]] [[order (biology)|order]] of [[bird]]s, the [[Cuculiformes]]. It is found in the [[Indian Subcontinent]].

== In culture ==
The word "koel" is [[Onomatopoeia|onomatopoeic]] in origin. The Sanskrit name of "Kokila" and words in several Indian languages are similarly echoic.<ref name=hobson>{{cite book|author=Yule, Henry|year=1903|url=https://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.1:1:344.hobson|title=Hobson-Jobson: A glossary of colloquial Anglo-Indian words and phrases, and of kindred terms, etymological, historical, geographical and discursive.|publisher=John Murray, London.|page=490|access-date=2009-06-09|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121211161737/http://dsal.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/philologic/getobject.pl?c.1:1:344.hobson|archive-date=2012-12-11|url-status=dead}}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:Brood parasites]]
[[Category:Eudynamys|Asian koel]]
[[Category:Birds of Asia]]
[[Category:Birds of South Asia]]
[[Category:Birds of Southeast Asia]]
[[Category:Provincial symbols of Jaroonwala Praant (India)]]

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