White-browed Coucal
Centropus superciliosus
Thickets. Black crown grades onto rufous mantle and wings; white eyebrow; white streaking from head to mantle.
LC
Not Endemic
Description
Common resident. Adult differs from [Burchell’s Coucal] in having a bold white eyebrow and the head and nape well streaked with white; otherwise closely similar at all ages. Behaviour and habitat preferences similar to those of [Burchell’s Coucal].
Quick Facts
Size
44 cm - L
Names
A: Gestreepte Vleiloerie
Ss: Mohofa
G: Weißbrauen-Spornkuckuck
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
Behaviour and habitat preferences similar to those of [Burchell's Coucal].
