Plaintive Cuckoo vs Andaman Coucal

Cacomantis merulinus เปรียบเทียบกับ Centropus andamanensis

Side-by-Side Comparison

คุณสมบัติ Plaintive Cuckoo Andaman Coucal
ชื่อวิทยาศาสตร์ Cacomantis merulinus Centropus andamanensis
อันดับ Cuculiformes Cuculiformes
วงศ์ตระกูล Cuculidae Cuculidae
สถานะการอนุรักษ์ Least Concern Least Concern
ความยาว
กว้างปีก 20.8 cm (8.2 in) 34.5 cm (13.6 in)
น้ำหนัก 25.75 g (0.91 oz) 199.0 g (7.02 oz)
อาหาร -- --
จำนวนไข่ -- 2-3
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

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Song & Call Comparison

Plaintive Cuckoo

เสียงร้อง

Loud, far-carrying resonant call; deep notes given from dense forest canopy in Africa. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

Andaman Coucal

เสียงร้อง

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

สถานะการอนุรักษ์

Least Concern

Plaintive Cuckoo

Least Concern

Andaman Coucal

How to Tell Them Apart

Plaintive Cuckoo

ขนนก

Plaintive Cuckoo: gray-brown above; rufous-orange below; long dark tail; yellow eye-ring; sexually dimorphic rufous morph females

Andaman Coucal

About These Birds

Plaintive Cuckoo

Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus) — 20–24 cm. Male: grey above; rufous-orange below; yellow orbital skin. Female: heavily barred morph often differs. Widespread in South and Southeast Asia from Bangladesh to the Philippines. Brood parasite targeting tailorbirds and other warblers. Insectivore. Named for its plaintive descending whistle.

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.

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