Andaman Coucal vs Thick-billed Cuckoo

Centropus andamanensis verglichen mit Pachycoccyx audeberti

Side-by-Side Comparison

Merkmal Andaman Coucal Thick-billed Cuckoo
Wissenschaftlicher Name Centropus andamanensis Pachycoccyx audeberti
Ordnung Cuculiformes Cuculiformes
Familie Cuculidae Cuculidae
Erhaltungsstatus Least Concern Least Concern
Länge
Flügelspannweite 34,5 cm (13.6 in) 44,1 cm (17.4 in)
Gewicht 199,0 g (7.02 oz) 104,0 g (3.67 oz)
Ernährung -- --
Gelegegröße 2-3 --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Gemeinsame Lebensräume

Andaman Coucal only

Thick-billed 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.

Thick-billed Cuckoo

Gesang

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

Erhaltungsstatus

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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