Andaman Coucal vs Thick-billed Cuckoo

Centropus andamanensis مقارنةً بـ Pachycoccyx audeberti

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Andaman Coucal Thick-billed Cuckoo
الاسم العلمي Centropus andamanensis Pachycoccyx audeberti
الرتبة Cuculiformes Cuculiformes
الفصيلة Cuculidae Cuculidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 34,5 cm (13.6 in) 44,1 cm (17.4 in)
الوزن 199,0 g (7.02 oz) 104,0 g (3.67 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع 2-3 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Andaman Coucal only

Thick-billed Cuckoo only

بلا

Song & Call Comparison

Andaman Coucal

الغناء

Melodic, whistled phrase with clear quality; pure resonant notes carrying across African woodland habitat.

Thick-billed Cuckoo

الغناء

Deep, hollow resonant booming; powerful low notes carrying through dense humid Southeast Asian forest.

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Andaman Coucal

Least Concern

Thick-billed Cuckoo

About These Birds

Andaman Coucal

Andaman Coucal (Centropus andamanensis) — 42–47 cm. Chestnut back and wings; black head and underparts; long graduated tail. Endemic to the Andaman Islands, India, in forest and scrub. Non-parasitic. Omnivore. Previously treated as a subspecies of Greater Coucal.

Thick-billed Cuckoo

Thick-billed Cuckoo (Pachycoccyx audeberti) — 32–36 cm. Hawk-like; dark brown above; white below with fine dark streaking; thick, strongly curved bill. Inhabits woodland and savanna of East and Central Africa from Tanzania to Malawi and Mozambique. Brood parasite targeting helmet-shrikes (Prionops). Insectivore. Rare and locally distributed.

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