Burung kicau (Songbirds)
Greater Coucal
Centropus sinensis
- langka
- 55 km/h
- Risiko rendah
A heavy crow-shape with chestnut wings rises from a thicket, deep hoots booming through humid air. Despite the look, it is no corvid - a coucal that raises its own young.
- Populasi
- Global population size not quantified; described as common to abundant throughout its very large range (extent of occurrence ~19,600,000 km²); regional counts exist only for peripheral populations (e.g., ~100-10,000 breeding pairs in China/Taiwan)
- Habitat
- Highly adaptable; occupies grassland, scrub and second growth, forest edges, mangroves, marshes and reed beds, agricultural land, rural gardens, and even urban parks, from sea level up to about 1,530 m
- Fakta menarik
- Despite its crow-like black plumage and pheasant-like long tail — which earned it the common nickname "crow pheasant" — the Greater Coucal is not a crow or a pheasant at all but a large, largely terrestrial member of the cuckoo family (Cuculidae).
- Sebaran
- Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia: from the Indus Valley across the sub-Himalayan plains, Sri Lanka, and mainland Southeast Asia to southern China, the Malay Peninsula, the Philippines, and the Greater Sundas; a non-migratory resident throughout
- Makanan
- Omnivorous ground forager: large insects (especially beetles, moths, caterpillars), snails (locally a dominant prey item, e.g. Helix vittata in Tamil Nadu), lizards, small vertebrates (including young mice and snakes such as saw-scaled vipers), bird eggs and nestlings, plus fruits and seeds
- Ukuran
- 0,48 m
- Bentang sayap
- 0,62 m
- Masa hidup
- 4 tahun
