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Green-billed Coucal

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;[[:Category:Centropus|Centropus]] chlororhynchus ;[[:Category:Centropus|Centropus]] chlororhynchus
==Identification== ==Identification==
 +It looks rather like the much commoner [[Greater Coucal]] but has subtle purple streaking on the head and a remarkable pale green bill.
==Distribution== ==Distribution==
Endemic. Found locally in wet zone of south-western [[Sri Lanka]] Endemic. Found locally in wet zone of south-western [[Sri Lanka]]
==Taxonomy== ==Taxonomy==
-Monotypic+This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>.
==Habitat== ==Habitat==
==Behaviour== ==Behaviour==
 +====Vocalisation====
 +Recorded by {{user|Andrew+Whitehouse|Andrew Whitehouse}}<br />Kithulgala, [[Sri Lanka]], July 2010
 +<flashmp3>Green Billed Coucal Kithulgala 160710.mp3</flashmp3><br />
 +''[[Media:Green Billed Coucal Kithulgala 160710.mp3|Listen in an external program]]''
==References== ==References==
#{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Avibase #{{Ref-Clements6thDec08}}#Avibase
 +#BF Member observations
{{ref}} {{ref}}
==External Links== ==External Links==
{{GSearch|Centropus+chlororhynchus}} {{GSearch|Centropus+chlororhynchus}}
*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=473&Bird_Image_ID=4216&Bird_Family_ID=80 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] *[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=473&Bird_Image_ID=4216&Bird_Family_ID=80 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages]
-[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Centropus]] [[Category:Missing Images]]+[[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Centropus]] [[Category:Missing Images]] [[Category:Bird Songs]]

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Centropus chlororhynchus

Contents

Identification

It looks rather like the much commoner Greater Coucal but has subtle purple streaking on the head and a remarkable pale green bill.

Distribution

Endemic. Found locally in wet zone of south-western Sri Lanka

Taxonomy

This is a monotypic species[1].

Habitat

Behaviour

Vocalisation

Recorded by Andrew Whitehouse
Kithulgala, Sri Lanka, July 2010


Listen in an external program

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.
  2. Avibase
  3. BF Member observations

External Links

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