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Greater Coucal Sep 27, 2015. A large, non-parasitic member of the cuckoo order. The head is black, upper mantle and underside are black glossed with purple. The back and wings are chestnut brown. There are no pale shaft streaks on the coverts. The eyes are ruby red.<br /> Habitat: Kinabatangan river, area of Sukau, Sabah. Centropus sinensis,Fall,Geotagged,Greater Coucal,Malaysia Click/tap to enlarge Country intro

Greater Coucal

Sep 27, 2015. A large, non-parasitic member of the cuckoo order. The head is black, upper mantle and underside are black glossed with purple. The back and wings are chestnut brown. There are no pale shaft streaks on the coverts. The eyes are ruby red.
Habitat: Kinabatangan river, area of Sukau, Sabah.

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    Ferdy Christant
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    I think something went wrong with the geotag, can you please correct it? Posted 9 years ago
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    Patomarazul
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    Thank for noticing! is now corrected ;-) Posted 9 years ago

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The Greater Coucal

The Greater Coucal or Crow Pheasant, is a large non-parasitic member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes. A widespread resident in Asia, from India, east to south China, Nepal and Indonesia.

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Similar species: Cuckoos
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Uploaded Apr 3, 2016. Captured Sep 27, 2015 02:11 in J.KG Road, Kinabatangan, Sabah, Malaysia.
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  • SP-100EE
  • f/6.5
  • 10/2500s
  • ISO800
  • 198mm
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