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 CR    Black-hooded Coucal* Id (Atlas):
    Centropus steerii

Description (10)
Image of Black-hooded Coucal
 

Other Names (World)
Black-hooded Coucal, Steere's Coucal

Family
Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

Size
46 cm

First Described (Guide)
Bourns & Worcester, 1894

Habitat
Primary lowland and transitional (to mid-mountain) dipterocarp forest, with dense vegetation, tangled thickets, vine-covered shrubs and bamboo. From sea-level - 760 m.

Range (Guide)
Philippines (B).

Mindoro (north-central Philippines).
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 50 - 249 (2010) and decreasing.

Status CR
Habitat destruction, degradation and fragmentation through slash-and-burn cultivation, occasional selective logging and rattan collection, are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Typically five to eight deep 'woop' notes given in a descending series.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (5)...)

 
Black-hooded Coucal (Centropus steerii) [XC39537]
     by Cheta Chua from Sablayan Penal Colony, Mindoro, Philippines (?)

 
Black-hooded Coucal (Centropus steerii) [XC339193]
     by Paul Noakes from Siburan Penal Colony Sablayan Mindoro, Philippines (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Similar Species
Subspecies mindorensis of Philippine Coucal (Centropus viridis) which is entirely blackish, lacking the contrasting dark hood.


References
See References.


Files:
JPG files for Black-hooded Coucal (Centropus steerii) - 10 files


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