Andaman Coucal vs Red-billed Ground-cuckoo

Centropus andamanensis verglichen mit Neomorphus pucheranii

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Andaman Coucal Red-billed Ground-cuckoo
Wissenschaftlicher Name Centropus andamanensis Neomorphus pucheranii
Ordnung Cuculiformes Cuculiformes
Familie Cuculidae Cuculidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 34,5 cm (13.6 in) 33,7 cm (13.3 in)
Gewicht 199,0 g (7.02 oz) 330,0 g (11.64 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 2-3 2
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Andaman Coucal only

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Song & Call Comparison

Andaman Coucal

Gesang

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

Red-billed Ground-cuckoo

Gesang

Loud, harsh cackling call; piercing raucous notes carrying well across tall dense tropical forest habitat.

Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Andaman Coucal

Least Concern

Red-billed Ground-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.

Red-billed Ground-cuckoo

Red-billed Ground-cuckoo (Neomorphus pucheranii) — 46–50 cm. Greenish-brown above; rufous-buff below; bright red decurved bill; bare blue orbital patch. Inhabits dense lowland forest of western Amazonia in Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Brazil. Non-parasitic; terrestrial; follows army ants for flushed prey. Insectivore. Secretive and rarely observed.

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