Burchell’s Coucal, common resident of savanna. #coucal #birds #southafrica #africa #wildlife #nature #photography #photographer #wild #africananimals #animal

Large brown bird with a white chest, black head and red eyes seen with its large brown chick.

#Coucal with a huge chick
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Coppery-tailed Coucal at Camelthorn/Botswana, Africam
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A large bird with a strong beak, black head, copper/brown wings and tail, and a beige body, seen at the birdbath.

The elusive #Burchells #Coucal. I swear they have eyes in the back of their head. Photographed through dusty windows and flyscreen. There are at least two around, one roosting un the curry tree at the back door. Posing for me: forget!
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Burchell's Coucal at Naledi Dam/South Africa, Africam
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Listen to the beautiful, bubbling calls of a Burchell's #Coucal and then some strange hissing alarm calls #birds #SouthAfrica

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White-browed coucal: hunts lizards, not humans. Builds, not borrows.
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Coucal facts: deadly to frogs, harmless to you. Not a nest thief.

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Sharp beak, soft heart (unless you’re a gecko). #Coucal
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Predator, not a parasite. The white-browed coucal keeps it classy.

Burchell's Coucal at Naledi Dam, Greater Kruger National Park, Africam
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Pheasant coucal in flight, flying left to right, wings on a downbeat and partly backlit by the sun. The coucal is actually a species of cuckoo, a large, heavy-set bird with patterned brown plumage and a long tail, more comfortable on the ground.

Pheasant coucal in flight
(Centropus phasianinus, Kakadu)

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White-browed Coucal. When I first spotted this bird I thought it was a bird of prey, it is actually a member of the Cuckoo family. Unlike its relations it builds its own nest and tends to its young. I love the striking red eye. #kenya #coucal #birds #nature

Greater Coucal lives almost anywhere with scrubby cover across India and southeast Asia. #borneo #nature #birding #bird #birds #greatercoucal #coucal

Malagasy Coucal lives in forests, woodland and gardens across Madagascar and also on Aldabra Island. #madagascar #nature #birding #bird #birds #coucal #malagasycoucal

A Greater Coucal—a large black cuckoo with red eyes and rufous-brown feathers, with a long and broad tail perched on a branch.

A Greater Coucal—a large black cuckoo with red eyes and rufous brown feathers (not visible in this photograph)

A Greater Coucal—a large black cuckoo with red eyes and rufous-brown feathers, with a long and broad tail perched on a branch.

Here's a Greater #Coucal (a non-parasitic #cuckoo) seen in NW #Bengaluru this morning—gorgeous, stealthy #birds believed to be a sign of good luck (although I've heard #Kannada stories of its owl-like hoot being a bad omen). Fun fact: they are monogamous & courtship occurs during the monsoon! 🪶