Andaman Coucal vs Scaled Ground-Cuckoo

Centropus andamanensis verglichen mit Neomorphus squamiger

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Andaman Coucal Scaled Ground-Cuckoo
Wissenschaftlicher Name Centropus andamanensis Neomorphus squamiger
Ordnung Cuculiformes Cuculiformes
Familie Cuculidae Cuculidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Not Evaluated
Länge
Flügelspannweite 34,5 cm (13.6 in)
Gewicht 199,0 g (7.02 oz) 340,0 g (11.99 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 2-3 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Andaman Coucal only

Scaled Ground-Cuckoo 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.

Scaled Ground-Cuckoo

Gesang

Deep, hollow booming call; resonant bass notes carrying far across dense humid tropical forest floor.

Erhaltungsstatus

Least Concern

Andaman Coucal

Not Evaluated

Scaled 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.

Scaled Ground-Cuckoo

Scaled Ground-Cuckoo (Neomorphus squamiger) — 45–48 cm. Bronze-olive above; scaled white-tipped breast; rufous flanks; bare blue orbital ring. Restricted to humid eastern Amazonian forest in Pará, Brazil. Non-parasitic; follows army ants. Insectivore. Vulnerable; small range threatened by deforestation.

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