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Common Name

Coppery Tailed Coucal

Alternate Names

Common Type

Coucal

Order

Cuculiformes

Family

Cuculidae

Genus

Centropus

Species

cupreicaudus

Conservation Status

Least Concern

Location Photographed

Angola, Namibia

Number of Sub-Species

0

Migratory or Resident

Resident

Preferred Habitat

Swampland and dense vegetation near rivers

Distribution and Range

South central Africa from DRC south and east to Zimbabwe

Food

Forages for amphibians, fish, small birds, reptiles, rodents and insects plus scavanes for dead fish.

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Field Notes:

Both parents are involved in nesting activities. A clutch of two to four eggs is laid. Both parents care for the young. The chicks are fed on such foods as frogs and locusts. The young leave the nest when about seventeen days old

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