Pheasant Coucal

Centropus phasianinus - Coucal faisan

Systematics

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

Descriptor

Latham, 1801

Biometrics

Size
: 80 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
: 205 à 495 g

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Pheasant Coucal (Centropus phasianinus) is a species of bird in the Cuculidae family.

Subspecific information 6 subspecies

Centropus phasianinus phasianinus (e Australia)
Centropus phasianinus mui (Timor. e Lesser Sundas.)
Centropus phasianinus propinquus (n New Guinea)
Centropus phasianinus nigricans (se New Guinea and nearby islands)
Centropus phasianinus thierfelderi (s New Guinea and islands in the Torres Strait)
Centropus phasianinus melanurus (n and nw Australia)

Foreign names

Coucal faisan,
Cucal faisán,
cucal-faisão,
Fasanschwanzkuckuck,
fácánfarkú bozótkakukk,
Fazantspoorkoekoek,
Cucal fagiano,
fasansporrgök,
Fasansporegjøk,
ostrohár bažantí,
kukačka bažantí,
Fasansporegøg,
fasaanikukaali,
cucal faisà,
kukal bażanci,
Фазанья шпорцевая кукушка,
Bubut ayam,
キジバンケン,
雉鸦鹃,
雉形鴉鵑,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Mangrove Vegetation Above High Tide Level ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls)