Coppery-tailed Coucal (Centropus cupreicaudus)

Angola through southern Zaire and Zambia, by R Okavango and Caprivi Strip, eastern past Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe then north to Malawi and south-western Tanzania.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
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Voice
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Coppery-tailed Coucal (Centropus cupreicaudus) [XC745601]
by Dries Van de Loock from Kalwelwa (main forest), Northwestern Province, Zambia (song)

Coppery-tailed Coucal (Centropus cupreicaudus) [XC699535]
by Dries Van de Loock from Kalwelwa (main forst), Northwestern Province, Zambia (duet, song)

Subspecies
Has been treated as conspecific with the very similar Blue-headed Coucal (Centropus monachus). Smaller and darker birds in northern Malawi and southern Tanzania have been described as separate subspecies songweensis, but there is overlap in these traits with other populations.

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

songweensis Benson, 1948 - Southern Tanzania.
cupreicaudus Reichenow, 1896 - Angola to southern Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Tanzania, and Malawi.

References
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Files:

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