Black Coucal

Centropus grillii - Coucal noir

Coucal noir
adult plum. post breeding
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Cuculiformes

  • Family
    :

    Cuculidés

  • Genus
    :

    Centropus

  • Species
    :

    grillii

Descriptor

Hartlaub, 1861

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 30 à 34 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    :
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Coucal noir
adult plum. breeding
Coucal noir
adult plum. post breeding

Black Coucal (Centropus grillii) is a species of bird in the Cuculidae family.

Subspecific information monotypic species

Foreign names

  • Coucal noir,
  • Cucal negro,
  • cucal-preto,
  • Grillkuckuck,
  • fekete bozótkakukk,
  • Zwarte Spoorkoekoek,
  • Cucal nerastro,
  • afrikansk sporrgök,
  • Svartsporegjøk,
  • ostrohár čierny,
  • kukačka černoprsá,
  • Korthalet Sporegøg,
  • mustavatsakukaali,
  • Swartvleiloerie,
  • cucal africà,
  • kukal mały,
  • Чёрный кукаль,
  • ムナグロバンケン,
  • 黑胸鸦鹃,
  • 黑鴉鵑,

Voice song and call

Coucal noir
adult

Habitat

Coucal noir
First year

Grassland : Subtropical/Tropical Seasonally Wet/Flooded ; Wetlands (inland) : Shrub Dominated Wetlands, Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha) ; Artificial/Aquatic and Marine : Seasonally Flooded Agricultural Land

Geographic range

Distribution

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

Other sources of interest

QRcode Coucal noir
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