Dec 19, 2024
Pheasant Coucal (Centropus phasianinus), EAT A TASTY BUG!!!, family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes, QLD, Australia
photograph by Andrew Mason
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Pheasant Coucal (Centropus phasianinus), EAT A TASTY BUG!!!, family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes, QLD, Australia
photograph by Andrew Mason
A senegal coucal (Centropus senegalensis) in the Saloum Delta, Senegal
by Paul Ellis
Subfamily Centropodinae coucal / Genus Centropus round 2
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Burchell's coucal
Pheasant coucal
This genus, which had a first round during species-level polls, is monotypic in its subfamily.
Greater Coucal or Crow Pheasant (Centropus sinensis), family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes, Maharashtra, India
Despite its name this bird is neither a crow nor a pheasant, but is in fact a type of ground dwelling cuckoo.
Ecologically similar to roadrunners, coucals are terrestrial, omnivorous cuckoos that care for their own young
Their diet includes venomous snakes such as vipers and cobras
Despite this, in parts of India they are regarded as an ill omen due to their haunting call
Photo by Yogesh Shid
Black-faced Coucal Centropus melanops
It is endemic to the Philippines found in the islands of Mindanao, Basilan Dinagat Islands Bohol, Leyte, Biliran and Samar. Its calls are a deep, rapid "wup-wup!" or a lazy, upslurred "woooop!"
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Centropus celebensis by Oleg Chernyshov
Greater Coucal or Crow Pheasant (Centropus sinensis), family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes, Assam, India
photograph by Sanju Wild
Your blog always makes me smile when a new bird of herp pops up on my dash! Thank you cot sharing all these wonderful creatures!
Do you perhaps have anything about the Pheasant Coucal? They’re one of my fave birds and I always love seeing them around! <3
Bless you my child. I have not done the Pheasant Coucal before. Here are a few for you...
Pheasant Coucal (Centropus phasianinus), family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes, Brisbane, Australia
photograph by James Niland
Pheasant Coucal (Centropus phasianinus), family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes, NT, Australia
photograph by Krystal Huff
Pheasant Coucal (Centropus phasianinus), EAT A TASTY BUG!!!, family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes, QLD Australia
photograph by Rodney Appleby