Blue-headed Coucal

Centropus monachus - Coucal à nuque bleue

Systematics

Order
:
Cuculiformes
Family
:
Cuculidés
Genus
:
Centropus
Species
:
monachus

Descriptor

Rüppell, 1837

Biometrics

Size
: 52 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
:

Geographic range

Distribution

Description identification

Blue-headed Coucal (Centropus monachus) is a species of bird in the Cuculidae family.

Subspecific information 3 subspecies

Centropus monachus monachus (Eritrea and Ethiopia to c Kenya)
Centropus monachus occidentalis (Guinea to w Central African Republic south to Gabon and n Angola)
Centropus monachus fischeri (South Sudan to e DRCongo, Uganda, w Kenya and nw Tanzania)

Foreign names

Coucal à nuque bleue,
Cucal monje,
cucal-de-cabeça-azulada,
Blaukopfkuckuck,
kékfejű bozótkakukk,
Monniksspoorkoekoek,
Cucal testablu,
blåhuvad sporrgök,
Blåhodesporegjøk,
ostrohár mníšsky,
kukačka mniší,
Blånakket Sporegøg,
sinipääkukaali,
cucal capblau,
kukal niebieskogłowy,
Синеголовая шпорцевая кукушка,
ズアオバンケン,
蓝头鸦鹃,
藍頭鴉鵑,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Montane ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist, Subtropical/Tropical High Altitude ; Wetlands (inland) : Permanent Rivers/Streams/Creeks (includes waterfalls), Shrub Dominated Wetlands, Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands, Permanent Freshwater Lakes (over 8ha), Permanent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha), Seasonal/Intermittent Freshwater Marshes/Pools (under 8ha)