GREATER COUCAL

Photographed at Arey Ksat, Cambodia, November 2023

 (* 991)                     GREATER COUCAL                 Centropus sinensis

CAMBODIA                  9

Also known as Southern Coucal. Found in forest edges of wet zone, dry forest, scrub and thickets in gardens and around cultivation. 48 cm.

GREATER COUCAL

Subspecies parroti, photographed March 2017

(*   991)                     GREATER COUCAL                 Centropus sinensis

SRI LANKA                 50

Also known as Southern Coucal. Found in forest edges of wet zone, dry forest, scrub and thickets in gardens and around cultivation. 48 cm. Common breeding resident throughout Sri Lanka. 

NOTE: If Greater Coucal , C. sinensis, is split this would be called Southern Coucal, C parroti.

GREATER COUCAL

Photographed at Kossi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal March 2017

991       GREATER COUCAL                    Centropus sinensis

NEPAL               45

Found in tall grass near cultivation. 48 cm. Common and widespread resident.