Africa's Senegal coucal, a ground-dwelling bird, expertly hunts snakes, its primary prey. While snakes rely on venom or constriction, the coucal's swift aerial attacks and robust digestion often prove ...

White-browed coucal, Centropus superciliosus, sometimes known as Burchell's coucal, the lark-heeled cuckoo or as the rainbird, photographed at Awash National Park, Ethiopia (Africa). Image: Dan Logen, ...

Blue-headed coucal, Centropus monachus, Rüppell, 1837, also known as the West African blue-headed coucal, photographed at Wondo Genet, Ethiopia (Africa). Image: Dan Logen, 31 January 2011 (with ...

A greater coucal without its elongated tail is as easy to process as Rapunzel without her flowing tress. It is the species’ greatest quiddity; and a significant “navigational” aid. As it hurries to ...

The Crow Pheasant, now more commonly called the Greater Coucal, does not belong to the crow family, Corvidae, but is a large species (48 cm) belonging to the Cuckoo family, Cuculidae. It does have a ...

AS the rain season along the coastal regions is fading while it's starting to pour on the northern highlands Duuhduhduhduu, Duhduhduhduh is the sounds which always assure farmers in different villages ...

The Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis), locally known in Bangladesh as Boro Kubo, is a striking bird commonly found across the country in gardens, scrublands, and village backyards. With its glossy ...

Not even cancer has dampened Sudhamma’s (Thattekad’s first woman forest guide) desire to watch and hear rare birds in their remote natural habitats In the heart of Thattekad Bird Sanctuary, Sudha ...

The Senegal coucal (Centropus senegalensis) is a ground-dwelling bird from the cuckoo family, found across Africa and parts of Asia. Coucals are chunky birds with long tails, strong legs, and curved ...