Pheasant Coucal
A species of Coucals Scientific name : Centropus phasianinus Genus : Coucals
Pheasant Coucal, A species of Coucals
Botanical name: Centropus phasianinus
Genus: Coucals
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Description
50 to 70 cm (20 to 28 in) in length, the pheasant coucal is a large heavy-set bird adapted for living on the ground, reminiscent of a pheasant in shape. Birds in breeding plumage have black heads, necks, breasts and bellies, barred chestnut wings and long black, brown and cream barred tails. Outside the breeding season, their black head and underparts moult to a white-streaked chestnut colour. The pheasant coucal's summer voice is a low descending 'boop boop boop'. Its winter voice is a sharp hissing. 
Size
80 cm
Colors
Brown
Black
Bronze
White
Feeding Habits
Pheasant Coucal predominantly consumes small vertebrates like reptiles and amphibians, eggs and young of other birds, small mammals, and large insects, foraging on the ground with a distinctive stealthy walk and occasional active hunting.
Habitat
Pheasant Coucal typically inhabits regions with dense understory, including shrubby forest undergrowth, tall grasslands, swamp margins, and herbage-rich areas. These birds are also found in agricultural and disturbed habitats such as cane plantations and areas overrun by weed species like lantana. Their range extends to diverse environments encompassing riverine vegetation, coastal heaths, mangroves, secondary forests, and spinifex in sandstone landscapes, predominantly within lowland areas.
Dite type
Omnivorous
People often ask
General Info
Distribution Area
It is found in eastern and northern Australia, from the New South Wales south coast north to Cape York, and across the top of Australia to the Pilbara, as well as eastern Timor and lowland New Guinea. The preferred habitat has dense understory as a component, typically shrubby understory in forest, or tall grasses in grassland or swampy areas, as well as sugar cane in cane plantations and patches of weedy vegetation such as blackberry or lantana.
Species Status
Not globally threatened.
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Scientific Classification
Phylum
Chordates Class
Birds Order
Cuckoos and Relatives Family
Cuckoos Genus
Coucals Species
Pheasant Coucal 
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