Coppery-tailed Coucal

Centropus cupreicaudus - Coucal des papyrus

Systematics

Order
:
Cuculiformes
Family
:
Cuculidés
Genus
:
Centropus
Species
:
cupreicaudus

Descriptor

Reichenow, 1896

Biometrics

Size
: 50 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
:

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Coppery-tailed Coucal (Centropus cupreicaudus) is a species of bird in the Cuculidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

Centropus cupreicaudus cupreicaudus (s DRCongo and sw Tanzania to Angola, n Botswana and Malawi)
Centropus cupreicaudus songweensis (s Tanzania)

Foreign names

Coucal des papyrus,
Cucal colicobrizo,
cucal-cauda-de-cobre,
Kupferschwanzkuckuck,
rézfarkú bozótkakukk,
Koperstaartspoorkoekoek,
Cucal codarame,
sumpsporrgök,
Kobberhalesporegjøk,
ostrohár medenochvostý,
kukačka měděná,
Sumpsporegøg,
kuparipyrstökukaali,
Grootvleiloerie,
cucal dels papirs,
kukal miedzianosterny,
Меднохвостый кукаль,
ドウイロオナガバンケン,
铜尾鸦鹃,
銅尾鴉鵑,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Shrub Dominated Wetlands, Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)