🎨 Cuckoos
🐦 Burchell's Coucal (Centropus burchellii)
📏 41 cm
📍 iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa 🇿🇦
📅 Dec 2022

#birds #cuckoos #coucals

🌍 White-browed coucal (Centropus superciliosus) The White-browed coucal or Lark-heeled cuckoo is a medium-sized cuckoo with a distinctive white eyebrow. Its plumage is a mix of black, brown, and chestnut, with a long, graduated tail. It prefers dense undergrowth and scrub, where it moves with a clumsy, hopping gait. Its call is a deep, bubbling series of notes. Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Distribution: Sub-Saharan Africa. Class: Aves (Birds) Order: Cuculiformes (Cuckoos) Family: Cuculidae Genus: Centropus (Coucals) Species: C. superciliosus (White-browed coucal) CC: ADCU 📷: Photo by hbieser via Pixabay

New addition! 🌍 White-browed coucal (Centropus superciliosus) #AfricanBirds | #WhiteBrowedCoucal #LarkHeeledCuckoo | #Coucals #Cuckoos 📷: Photo by hbieser 🦜 #BirdsOfTheWorld #BOTW #birds