Kalmar "genus Centropus" tana nufin rabe-raben haraji a ilmin halitta wanda ya ƙunshi rukunin tsuntsaye masu dogayen wutsiya, mazauna ƙasa waɗanda aka fi sani da coucals. Kalmar “genus” tana nufin ƙungiyar jinsin da ke da alaƙa da juna waɗanda suke da zuriyarsu iri ɗaya da halaye iri ɗaya. An rarraba coucals a cikin jinsin Centropus a cikin yankuna masu zafi da na wurare masu zafi na Afirka, Asiya, da Oceania. Ana siffanta su da girman girmansu, tsabar kudi masu tsayi, da dogayen wutsiya, kuma galibinsu kwari ne, ko da yake wasu nau'in ma suna cin kananan kasusuwa da 'ya'yan itatuwa.