Alternative name: Javan Coucal
- Centropus nigrorufus
Identification
46 cm
- Glossy black upperparts (purple gloss on mantle)
- Purple gloss to black underparts
- Rufous wings with black tipped flight feathers and upperwing-coverts
- Long black tail
- Red iris; black bill and feet
Distribution
South-east Asia: found in the lowlands of Java. Increasingly threatened by habitat loss.
Taxonomy
This is a monotypic species[1].
Habitat
Mangrove forests, dry shrubland and swamps.
Behaviour
Diet
The diet includes grasshoppers, large moths, caterpillars, large bugs, pupae, snails, slugs, centipedes, crabs, birds’ and insect eggs, frogs and treesnakes.
Breeding
Its nest is built from fresh and dry fern leaves; the clutch consists of 1–5 white eggs.
References
- Clements, JF. 2009. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2009. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
- BirdLife International
- birdbase.hokkaido
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Sunda Coucal. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 23 May 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Sunda_Coucal
