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Pheasant coucal
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Pheasant coucal (Centropus phasianinus)

50 to 70 cm (20 to 28 in) in length, the pheasant coucal is a large heavy-set bird adapted for living on the ground, reminiscent of a pheasant in shape. Birds in breeding plumage have black heads, necks, breasts and bellies, barred chestnut wings and long black, brown and cream barred tails. Outside the breeding season, their black head and underparts moult to a white-streaked chestnut colour.
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Habitat
The Pheasant Coucal prefers dense understorey vegetation, particularly grasses, rushes, bracken and sedges, in open forests and woodlands, and around wetlands. Often found in sugar cane plantations near wetlands, on farmlands with thick grasses and weed-infested thickets, such as Lantana. Often seen in parks, gardens and along roads or railway lines.
Location
Rajarhat Munia Zone, West Bengal, India
Date taken
10.01.2021
Scientific name
Centropus phasianinus
Equipment used
Canon EOS 5DS R with Tamron SP 150-600mm
Shutter speed, aperture & ISO
1/500, f/6.3, 500
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KC Foggin
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What a great looking bird this is and you've captured it with brilliant feather detail prabhatjee!!!
 
delia todd
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That's a fabulous picture you've taken of this pheasant coucal Prabhat.

Excellent work lad.

BTW our new system searches the Gallery differently, finding images through information in the Tags. So, as well as entering the scientific name in the Scientific Name field, it also needs to be entered as a Tag, along with the common name and location (country at least).

Any other information you want to add to the Tags for your own use would be a bonus! I hope you can help with this.
 

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Category
Asia, Australia & Pacific Islands
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Date added
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Comment count
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Image metadata

Device
Canon Canon EOS 5DS R
Aperture
ƒ/6.3
Focal length
600.0 mm
Exposure time
1/500 second(s)
ISO
500
Flash
Off, did not fire
Filename
1U8A2945_1.jpg
File size
4.1 MB
Date taken
Sun, 10 January 2021 7:48 AM
Dimensions
3300px x 3754px

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