Blue-headed Coucal - Centropus monachus

Coucal à nuque bleue

Blue-headed Coucaladult, close-up portrait

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  • close-up portrait
  • adult
  • Cucal monje
  • cucal-de-cabeça-azulada
  • Blaukopfkuckuck
  • Centropus monachus
  • Cuculiformes

The species

Classification

Order  : Cuculiformes
Family : Cuculidae
Species : Blue-headed Coucal

Geographic range by countries


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The picture

O.Net ref. : thhe236399
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Plumage : adult

Shooting

date : 2018 Jan
Country : Benin (bn)
Region : Atlantique
Place : Plaine de Sô-Ava Plaine de Sô-Ava
Lat. : 6° 29' 53'' North
Lng. : 2° 23' 47'' East

Exif Data [+] [-]



Model : NIKON CORPORATION NIKON D7000
Exposure : 1/640 s

aperture : 6.3

Focal length : 300 mm

Iso : 400

Flash : no