Sunda Coucal

When to see the Sunda Coucal

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 2 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is July, the month with the most records.

About the Sunda Coucal

The Sunda coucal, also known as the Javanese lathe, is a cuckoo species in the family Cuculidae that is endemic to Java, Indonesia. It inhabits mangroves, freshwater swamp forests and grasslands near brackish water. It has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1994, as the small population is threatened by habitat destruction and trapping. It feeds on grasshoppers, ground beetles, moths, geckos, snakes and frogs; it was also observed while picking rice seeds in a paddy field.

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Easily confused with

Burchell's CoucalCentropus burchelliiVoice: This bird has a distinctive call, which resembles water pouring from a bottle, and various other calls such as the "dove" call and an alarm hiss. Black-hooded CoucalCentropus steeriiThe black-hooded coucal is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. Biak CoucalCentropus chalybeusThe Biak coucal is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae.