#coucal

[herpsandbirds]

Pheasant Coucal (Centropus phasianinus), EAT A TASTY BUG!!!, family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes, QLD, Australia

photograph by Andrew Mason

[best-bird-tournament]

Cuckoo (Cuculiformes) order / Cuculidae family

Which is the best bird?

Green-billed malkoha

Greater roadrunner

Greater ani

Blue coua

Burchell's coucal

Klaas's cuckoo

Groove-billed ani

Verreaux's coua

Sumatran ground cuckoo

Voting ended onJan 28

[lost-lycaon]

Burchell’s Coucal, common resident of savanna.

[thebeastsofindia]

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

[burkh4rt]

[all-bird-creechur]

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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[privatedarius]

Pheasant coucal It is a type of cuckoo, but unlike the relatives the pheasant coucal does build a nest and raises its own young. photo credit: Jane Magick, Native Birds in Australia

[birdblues]

Lesser Coucal