Ivory-billed Coucal vs African Cuckoo

Centropus menbeki comparado con Cuculus gularis

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Ivory-billed Coucal African Cuckoo
Nombre científico Centropus menbeki Cuculus gularis
Orden Cuculiformes Cuculiformes
Familia Cuculidae Cuculidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 43,6 cm (17.2 in) 41,8 cm (16.5 in)
Peso 461,25 g (16.27 oz) 105,0 g (3.70 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Ivory-billed Coucal only

Ninguno

African Cuckoo only

Ninguno

Song & Call Comparison

Ivory-billed Coucal

Canto

Harsh, far-carrying call with deep quality; resonant rough notes carrying across African lowland forest.

African Cuckoo

Canto

Loud, far-carrying raucous call; harsh penetrating notes given from tall African forest canopy. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Ivory-billed Coucal

Least Concern

African Cuckoo

How to Tell Them Apart

Ivory-billed Coucal

African Cuckoo

Plumaje

African Cuckoo: gray above; white below with rufous barring; long dark tail; yellow eye-ring; African migrant similar to Common

About These Birds

Ivory-billed Coucal

Cucal mayor de Nueva Guinea de 58–65 cm, el cuclillo terrestre de mayor tamaño de la región, habita en los bosques de tierras bajas de Nueva Guinea.

African Cuckoo

African Cuckoo (Cuculus gularis) — 32–35 cm. Very similar to Common Cuckoo; grey above; barred below; yellow bill base and orbital ring; long tail. Migratory intra-African breeder across sub-Saharan woodland and savanna. Brood parasite primarily targeting fork-tailed drongos. Insectivore.

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