EditorialCentropus monachus, Print, The blue-headed coucal (Centropus monachus) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is native to tropical central Africa where its typical habitat is swamps, river banks, forest edges and generally wet locations. I...
EditorialCentropus goliath, Print, The goliath coucal (Centropus goliath) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is found in the northern Maluku Islands., 1872.
EditorialCentropus viridis, Print, The Philippine coucal (Centropus viridis) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines., 1772-1829.
EditorialCentropus bengalensis, Print, The lesser coucal (Centropus bengalensis) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It has a wide distribution range that overlaps with several other similar species. The habitat in which it is found is often marshy ...
EditorialCentropus toulou, Print, The Malagasy coucal or Madagascar coucal (Centropus toulou) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found in Madagascar and in the Seychelles, where it occurs on Aldabra and was formerly present on Assumption Isla...
EditorialCentropus toulou, Print, The Malagasy coucal or Madagascar coucal (Centropus toulou) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found in Madagascar and in the Seychelles, where it occurs on Aldabra and was formerly present on Assumption Isla...
EditorialCentropus viridis, Print, The Philippine coucal (Centropus viridis) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines., 1700-1880.
EditorialCentropus nigrorufus, Print, The Sunda coucal (Centropus nigrorufus) is cuckoo species in the Cuculidae family that is endemic to Java in Indonesia. It has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1994, as the population is small and threat...
EditorialCentropus violaceus, Print, The violaceous coucal or violet coucal (Centropus violaceus) is a cuckoo species in the family Cuculidae. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests., 1838.
EditorialCentropus senegalensis, Print, The Senegal coucal (Centropus senegalensis) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, which also includes the roadrunners, the anis, and the hoatzin. It is a medium-sized member of its genus and is found...
EditorialCentropus superciliosus, Print, The white-browed coucal or lark-heeled cuckoo (Centropus superciliosus), is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa. It inhabits areas with thick cover afforded by rank undergrowth ...
EditorialCentropus bengalensis, Print, The lesser coucal (Centropus bengalensis) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It has a wide distribution range that overlaps with several other similar species. The habitat in which it is found is often marshy ...
EditorialCentropus phasianus, Print, Coucal, A coucal is one of about 30 species of birds in the cuckoo family. All of them belong in the subfamily Centropodinae and the genus Centropus. Unlike many Old World cuckoos, coucals are not brood parasites, though the...
EditorialCentropus senegalensis, Print, The Senegal coucal (Centropus senegalensis) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, which also includes the roadrunners, the anis, and the hoatzin. It is a medium-sized member of its genus and is found...
EditorialCentropus phasianus, Print, Coucal, A coucal is one of about 30 species of birds in the cuckoo family. All of them belong in the subfamily Centropodinae and the genus Centropus. Unlike many Old World cuckoos, coucals are not brood parasites, though the...
EditorialCentropus monachus, Print, The blue-headed coucal (Centropus monachus) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is native to tropical central Africa where its typical habitat is swamps, river banks, forest edges and generally wet locations. I...
EditorialCentropus menbeki, Print, The ivory-billed coucal or greater black coucal (Centropus menbeki) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is found in the Aru Islands and New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland fo...
EditorialLesser Coucal ‘Centropus bengalensis’ Original inscriptions: ‘A Mahoke upon a Bamboe.’ [in Nastaliq and English] ‘Mahóca. Cuculus aegyptius. I. O. Egyptian Cuckoo.’ Note: The Bird is perched on a finely detailed bamboo stem. Wellesley Albu...
EditorialTop - Common coucal ‘(centropus rubipennis)’ (Shankar Gujarati). Below - Great bat (or flying fox) ‘(pteropus edwardsii)’ (Shankar Gujarati). Vaki'at-i Baburi, the Memoirs of Babur, translated from the Turki original by Mirza 'Abd al-Rahim, Kha...
EditorialA species of Coucal Genus ‘Centropus’ Original inscriptions: ‘A Bhojunga – upon a Burkud tree.’ [Nastaliq and English] ‘Corvus Senegalensis. I. O. i. 163. Senegal Crow. Syn. i. 394. Doubtful’ Note: The Coucal is perched on a Banyan [Barga...
EditorialLesser Coucal ‘Centropus bengalensis’ Original inscriptions: ‘A Mahoke upon a Bamboe.’ [in Nastaliq and English] ‘Mahóca. Cuculus aegyptius. I. O. Egyptian Cuckoo.’ Note: The Bird is perched on a finely detailed bamboo stem. Wellesley Albu...
EditorialA species of Coucal Genus ‘Centropus’ Original inscriptions: ‘A Bhojunga – upon a Burkud tree.’ [Nastaliq and English] ‘Corvus Senegalensis. I. O. i. 163. Senegal Crow. Syn. i. 394. Doubtful’ Note: The Coucal is perched on a Banyan [Barga...
EditorialTop - Common coucal ‘(centropus rubipennis)’ (Shankar Gujarati). Below - Great bat (or flying fox) ‘(pteropus edwardsii)’ (Shankar Gujarati). Vaki'at-i Baburi, the Memoirs of Babur, translated from the Turki original by Mirza 'Abd al-Rahim, Kha...
EditorialGreater coucal or crow pheasant, Centropus sinensis (Chestnut coucal). Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by John Latham from his own A General History of Birds, Winchester, 1822.
EditorialLesser coucal, Centropus bengalensis (top), and Asian emerald cuckoo, Chrysococcyx maculatus. (Lark-heeled cuckow, Cuculus bengalensis and spotted curcucui, Trogon maculatus.) Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Peter Brown from his New Illustrations...
EditorialSenegal coucal or Senegal lark-heel, Centropus senegalensis. Handcoloured steel engraving by William Lizars after William Swainson from Sir William Jardine's Naturalist's Library: Ornithology: Birds of Western Africa, Edinburgh, W.H. Lizars, 1837.
EditorialPheasant coucal, Centropus phasianinus (Polophilus phasianus). Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Richard Polydore Nodder from William Elford Leach's Zoological Miscellany, McMillan, London, 1814.
EditorialCuckoo roller, Leptosomus discolor (top) and Sunda coucal, Centropus nigrorufus, below (vulnerable). Handcoloured copperplate stipple engraving from Dumont de Sainte-Croix's "Dictionary of Natural Science: Ornithology," Paris, France, 1816-1830. Illust...