Sunda Coucal
A species of Coucals Scientific name : Centropus nigrorufus Genus : Coucals
Sunda Coucal, A species of Coucals
Botanical name: Centropus nigrorufus
Genus: Coucals
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Description
Photo By Lars Petersson 
Description
The Sunda coucal (Centropus nigrorufus) is cuckoo species in the family Cuculidae that is endemic to Java in Indonesia. It has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1994, as the population is small and threatened by habitat destruction and trapping. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical mangrove forest, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and swampland. It is threatened by habitat loss. 
Size
46 cm
Feeding Habits
Sunda Coucal is an omnivorous bird with a diet comprising 40% amphibians and reptiles, 34% insects, and 2% small mammals. It consumes a variety of prey including grasshoppers, beetles, caterpillars, moths, dragonflies, cicadas, frogs, snails, geckos, snakes, and rats, occasionally feeding on green rice plant seeds.
Habitat
Sunda Coucal generally inhabits mangroves, estuary swamps, thickets, and coastal lowland areas with Imperata grass. They frequent Nypa palm vegetation behind mangroves and occasionally inland grass swamps. The bird is associated with fringing habitats, often due to competition from Centropus sinensis in denser mangrove areas. Seasonally, sunda Coucal can be found in grassy fields, flooded forest edges, and sugarcane plantations during wet periods, and prefers tall grass meadows and dry marshlands in the dry season.
Dite type
Omnivorous
Photo By Lars Petersson 
Scientific Classification
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Chordates Class
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Sunda Coucal 
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