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WetlandDomed nestMedium · 148 g
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The white-browed coucal is a medium-sized species growing to 36 to 42 cm (14 to 17 in) in length. The sexes are similar, adults having a blackish crown and nape, a white supercilium, rufous-brown back, chestnut wings, blackish rump and black tail, glossed with green, with a white tip. The underparts are creamy-white, the eyes red, the beak black, and the legs and feet greyish-black or black. Juveniles have rufous streaking on the crown, a faint buff supercilium, barred upper parts and darker underparts.
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When to see the White-browed Coucal
One bar for each month, and every month is filled: this bird is recorded here in all twelve. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the White-browed Coucal
The map shades 21 countries with regular records, and 1 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Eritrea.
About the White-browed Coucal
The white-browed coucal or lark-heeled cuckoo, is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa. It inhabits areas with thick cover afforded by rank undergrowth and scrub, including in suitable coastal regions. Burchell's coucal is sometimes considered a subspecies.
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Easily confused with
Pheasant CoucalCentropus phasianinus50 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.
Lesser CoucalCentropus bengalensisThis slightly smaller-sized and shorter-billed coucal has a very long hind claw, the longest within the genus.
Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensisThis is a medium-sized species at 39 cm (15 in) in length.
Side by side: Greater Coucal vs White-browed Coucal · Pheasant Coucal vs White-browed Coucal · Lesser Coucal vs White-browed Coucal · Senegal Coucal vs White-browed Coucal
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