Centropus toulou
Madagascar Coucal
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The Coucal is a large black bird with very red wings. In the non breeding state there are light streaks around the neck. It hides in the underbrush where there is not enough light to photograph it.


adult

non breeding


Langrand, Olivier; 1990: Guide to the Birds of Madagascar, Yale University Press

Sinclair, I & Langrand, O.; 1998: Birds of the Indian Ocean Islands, Struik


The adult image (such as it is) is copyright © 1995 by George Williams. Shot at Berenty in Oct. 1995. The non-breeding images are copyright © 2000 by George Williams, shot at Berenty Apr 2000.

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