Lesser Coucal

Centropus bengalensis - Coucal rufin

Systematics

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

Descriptor

Gmelin, JF, 1788

Biometrics

Size
: 31 à 34 cm
Wingspan
: -
Weight
:

Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Lesser Coucal (Centropus bengalensis) is a species of bird in the Cuculidae family.

Subspecific information 6 subspecies

Centropus bengalensis bengalensis (India and Nepal to Myanmar, Thailand and Indochina)
Centropus bengalensis lignator (s and se China, Hainan, Taiwan)
Centropus bengalensis javanensis (Malay Pen. to Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the Palawan and Sulu Is.. Philippines.)
Centropus bengalensis philippinensis (Philippines. except Palawan and Sulu Is..)
Centropus bengalensis sarasinorum (Sulawesi and Lesser Sundas)
Centropus bengalensis medius (Moluccas)

Foreign names

Coucal rufin,
Cucal bengalí,
cucal-bengali,
Bengalenkuckuck,
bengál bozótkakukk,
Bengaalse Spoorkoekoek,
Cucal minore,
mindre sporrgök,
Bengalsporegjøk,
ostrohár štekavý,
kukačka bengálská,
Bengalsporegøg,
pikkukukaali,
cucal de Bengala,
kukal bengalski,
Малая шпорцевая кукушка,
Bubut alang-alang,
バンケン,
小鸦鹃,
นกกระปูดเล็ก,
番鵑〔小鴉鵑〕,

Voice song and cries

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Habitat

Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Wetlands (inland) : Bogs, Marshes, Swamps, Fens, Peatlands ; Artificial/Terrestrial : Arable Land, Subtropical/Tropical Heavily Degraded Former Forest