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'''Alternative name: Javan Coucal''' | '''Alternative name: Javan Coucal''' | ||
;[[:Category:Centropus|Centropus]] nigrorufus | ;[[:Category:Centropus|Centropus]] nigrorufus | ||
| + | [[Image:Sunda coucal8.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Boas_Emmanuel|Boas_Emmanuel}}<br />[[Muara Angke Nature Reserve]], North Jakarta, [[Indonesia]], March 2010]] | ||
==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| − | 46 cm | + | 46 cm<br /> |
| + | *Glossy black upperparts (purple gloss on mantle) | ||
| + | *Purple gloss to black underparts | ||
| + | *Rufous wings with black tipped flight feathers and upperwing-coverts | ||
| + | *Long black tail | ||
| + | *Red iris; black bill and feet | ||
==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| − | [[Java]]. | + | South-east [[Asia]]: found in the lowlands of [[Java]]. |
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==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| − | + | This is a [[Dictionary_M-S#M|monotypic]] species<sup>[[#References|[1]]]</sup>. | |
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
Mangrove forests, dry shrubland and swamps. | Mangrove forests, dry shrubland and swamps. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | ====Diet==== | ||
The diet includes grasshoppers, large moths, caterpillars, large bugs, pupae, snails, slugs, centipedes, crabs, birds’ and insect eggs, frogs and treesnakes. | The diet includes grasshoppers, large moths, caterpillars, large bugs, pupae, snails, slugs, centipedes, crabs, birds’ and insect eggs, frogs and treesnakes. | ||
| − | + | ====Breeding==== | |
| − | Its nest is built from fresh and dry fern leaves | + | Its nest is built from fresh and dry fern leaves; the clutch consists of 1–5 white eggs. |
| − | + | ==References== | |
| + | #{{Ref-Clements6thDec09}}#BirdLife International | ||
| + | #birdbase.hokkaido | ||
| + | {{ref}} | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Centropus+nigrorufus}} | {{GSearch|Centropus+nigrorufus}} | ||
*[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=469&Bird_Image_ID=15132&Bird_Family_ID=80 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | *[http://www.orientalbirdimages.org/birdimages.php?action=birdspecies&Bird_ID=469&Bird_Image_ID=15132&Bird_Family_ID=80 View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages] | ||
| − | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Centropus | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Centropus]] |
Revision as of 10:21, 31 March 2010
Alternative name: Javan Coucal
- Centropus nigrorufus
Identification
46 cm
- Glossy black upperparts (purple gloss on mantle)
- Purple gloss to black underparts
- Rufous wings with black tipped flight feathers and upperwing-coverts
- Long black tail
- Red iris; black bill and feet
Distribution
South-east Asia: found in the lowlands of Java.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Mangrove forests, dry shrubland and swamps.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes grasshoppers, large moths, caterpillars, large bugs, pupae, snails, slugs, centipedes, crabs, birds’ and insect eggs, frogs and treesnakes.
Breeding
Its nest is built from fresh and dry fern leaves; the clutch consists of 1–5 white eggs.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- BirdLife International
- birdbase.hokkaido
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Sunda Coucal. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 29 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Sunda_Coucal
