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 NR    Burchell's Coucal* Id (Atlas):
    Centropus burchelli

Description (10)
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Family
Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

Size
42 cm

First Described (Guide)
Swainson, 1838

Range (Guide)
Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, South Africa, Swaziland (B), Tanzania [United Republic of], Zambia.

Eastern Botswana through southern and eastern Zimbabwe and southern Malawi to Mozambique and eastern Tanzania, and south to South Africa.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2011).

Status NR
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (23)...)

 
Burchell's Coucal (Centropus burchellii) [XC279968]
     by Lynette Rudman from Oribi gorge, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa (song)

 
Burchell's Coucal (Centropus burchellii) [XC293758]
     by Frank Lambert from Grahamstown, Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (call)

Subspecies
White-browed Coucal (Centropus superciliosus) and Burchell's Coucal (Centropus burchelli) (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) have been lumped into Centropus superciliosus following Dowsett and Forbes-Watson (1993).

Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of White-browed Coucal (Centropus superciliosus).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

  • fasciipygialis Reichenow, 1898   -  Eastern Tanzania to eastern Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of White-browed Coucal (Centropus superciliosus).
  • burchellii Swainson, 1838   -  Eastern Botswana to southern Zimbabwe, Mozambique and South Africa. Considered by some authors to be a subspecies of White-browed Coucal (Centropus superciliosus).



References
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Files:
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