Green Malkoha
Ceuthmochares australis
Lowland forests. Long, greenish tail and wings, distinctive yellow bill. Grey green below
Coucals
LC
Not Endemic
Description
Fairly common localised resident. Large yellow bill and long green tail diagnostic; immature similar. Has several loud calls, ‘tik tik tik tiktiktik ker ker ker kerkerkerker…’, speeding up towards the end, plus long-drawn-out sounds ‘phooeeep, phooeeep, phooeeep…’. Occurs in thick vegetation in lowland and coastal forest. Shy and secretive.
Quick Facts
Size
33 cm - M
Names
A: Groenvleiloerie
umcwicwicwi
Bird Family
Medium-sized birds which are notoriously secretive, usually keeping to dense vegetation making them difficult to see. Often the first give-away of their presence is their call. They eat insects, small reptiles, amphibians and sometimes the eggs and chicks of other birds. Coucals breed in early summer, building their cup-shaped nests fairly low and well hidden in thick vegetation; some species' nests are completely covered over.
Distribution
Gallery
Behaviour
Breeding
Habitat
Occurs in thick vegetation in lowland and coastal 'forest'.
