Buff-headed Coucal vs Sulawesi Cuckoo

Centropus milo comparado con Cuculus crassirostris

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Buff-headed Coucal Sulawesi Cuckoo
Nombre científico Centropus milo Cuculus crassirostris
Orden Cuculiformes Cuculiformes
Familia Cuculidae Cuculidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 52,8 cm (20.8 in) 41,2 cm (16.2 in)
Peso 766,0 g (27.02 oz) 85,0 g (3.00 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Buff-headed Coucal only

Ninguno

Sulawesi Cuckoo only

Ninguno

Song & Call Comparison

Buff-headed Coucal

Canto

Deep, resonant booming call; powerful hollow notes carrying far across Melanesian lowland forest. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

Sulawesi Cuckoo

Canto

Loud, raucous call with harsh quality; penetrating notes carrying through dense forest in Asia. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Buff-headed Coucal

Least Concern

Sulawesi Cuckoo

How to Tell Them Apart

Buff-headed Coucal

Sulawesi Cuckoo

Plumaje

Sulawesi Cuckoo: dark gray-brown above; pale below; long dark tail; yellow orbital ring; Sulawesi endemic; larger than most Cuculus

About These Birds

Buff-headed Coucal

Cucal de las Salomón (Centropus milo), 48–56 cm. Plumaje negro intenso con brillo azul-verdoso, dorso y alas castaño oscuro. Cola larga. Endémico de las islas Salomón. Habita en bosques primarios y secundarios de tierras bajas. Se alimenta de insectos, lagartijas y frutos.

Sulawesi Cuckoo

Sulawesi Cuckoo (Cuculus crassirostris) — 30–34 cm. Dark grey above; pale below with bold brown-grey barring; heavier bill than most Cuculus. Endemic to Sulawesi in montane forest. Brood parasite. Insectivore. Poorly known.

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