Green-billed Coucal (Centropus chlororhynchos)

Other Names (World)
Green-billed Coucal, Sri Lanka Green-billed Coucal, Ceylon Coucal

Family
Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

Size
43 cm

First Described (Guide)
Blyth, 1849

Habitat
High-stature, undisturbed, wet zone forests with a dense understorey (often of bamboo). From sea-level - 760 m.

Range (Guide)

Sri Lanka (B).

Sri Lanka.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is 2,500 - 9,999 (2010) and decreasing.

Status VU
Clearance and degradation of forests, particularly in the wet zone, through logging, fuelwood-collection, conversion to agriculture and tree plantations, gem mining, settlement and fire are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
A wide variety of invertebrates, frogs, lizards and fruit.

Voice
Sonorous mournful 'hooo-poop' or 'hooo-poo-poop', the 'poop' lower-pitched than the 'hooo'. Sometimes utters a single note 'chugh' reminiscent of a call given by the endemic Toque macaque Macaque inica.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (20)...)

Green-billed Coucal (Centropus chlororhynchos) [XC605498]
by id from Kudawa area, Sri Lanka (song)

Green-billed Coucal (Centropus chlororhynchos) [XC756566]
by Frank Lambert from Sinharaja, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka (call)

Subspecies
No subspecies.

Similar Species
Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis) which has black bill and shows more striking contrast between chestnut wings and black body.

References
See References.

Files:

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