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Alternative name: Brown Coucal

Centropus andamanensis

[edit] Identification

[edit] Distribution

Andaman Islands of India, and adjacent Table, Great and Little Coco islands, Myanmar.

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic^[1]

Some authors consider this to be a subspecies of Greater Coucal^[2]

[edit] Habitat

Moist lowland forests and mangrove forests.

[edit] Behaviour

[edit] Diet

The diet includes caterpillars, large insects, snails, lizards, young mice, and birds' eggs.

[edit] Breeding

The nest is a large globe made of twigs and leaves.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019. Spreadsheet available at http://www.birds.cornell.edu/clementschecklist.
2. Avibase
3. Wikipedia

• List of references

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages