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Genus: Centropus (29 species)

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Andaman Coucal (Centropus andamanensis) Range: OR: Andaman Is.

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Gabon Coucal (Centropus anselli) Range: AF: Cameroon to Angola and c DR Congo

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White-necked Coucal (Centropus ateralbus) Range: AU: New Ireland, Dyaul (=Djaul, s of w New Ireland), Umboi (w of New Britain), New Britain and Lolobau (n of e New Britain; e Bismarck Arch.)


Lesser Coucal (Centropus bengalensis) Range: OR, AU: widespread Thailand
Photograph by Somchai Kanchanasut © All Rights Reserved.


Lesser Coucal (Centropus bengalensis) Immature Range: OR, AU: widespread Kaeng Krachan National Park, Phetchaburi, Thailand Immature or non-breeding.
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.

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Black-billed Coucal (Centropus bernsteini) Range: AU: Batanta (Raja Ampat Is., nw of New Guinea), Bird's Head and Neck (nw New Guinea), wc to ec and ne (Huon Pen.) New Guinea and Manam (n of ne New Guinea)


Burchell's Coucal (Centropus burchellii burchellii) Range: AF: se, s Johannesburg, South Africa
Photograph by Tom Friedel © All Rights Reserved.


Burchell's Coucal (Centropus burchellii burchellii) Range: AF: se, s South Africa An immature with streaking and a white brow.
Photograph by Graham Searll © All Rights Reserved.

Split with the White-browed Coucal found further north.

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Bay Coucal (Centropus celebensis) Range: AU: Sulawesi region

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Biak Coucal (Centropus chalybeus) Near Threatened Range: AU: Biak (Geelvink Bay is., nw New Guinea)

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Green-billed Coucal (Centropus chlororhynchos) Vulnerable Range: OR: Sri Lanka


Coppery-tailed Coucal (Centropus cupreicaudus) Range: AF: s DR Congo and s, sw Tanzania to Angola, n Botswana and Malawi Botswana
Photograph by Graham Searll © All Rights Reserved.

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Goliath Coucal (Centropus goliath) Range: AU: Morotai to Obi (n Moluccas)


Black Coucal (Centropus grillii) Range: AF: widespread Queen Elizabeth National Park, Uganda Non-breeding plumage.
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Black Coucal (Centropus grillii) Male Range: AF: widespread Kabak Island, Guinea Breeding plumage.
Photograph by Nik Borrow Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share the file for non-commercial purposes under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one. If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.

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Black-throated Coucal (Centropus leucogaster) Range: AF: w, c

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Black-faced Coucal (Centropus melanops) Range: OR: East Visayas and Mindanao group (ec. s Philippines)


Ivory-billed Coucal (Centropus menbeki menbeki) Range: AU: New Guinea and w satellites Elevala River, Papua New Guinea
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Buff-headed Coucal (Centropus milo) Range: AU: c Solomon Is.


Blue-headed Coucal (Centropus monachus) Range: AF: ne, c, w Yaounde, Cameroon
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.

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Sunda Coucal (Centropus nigrorufus) Vulnerable Range: OR: Java


Pheasant Coucal (Centropus phasianinus) Range: AU: Lesser Sundas, ec to se New Guinea and n, e Australia Townsville, Australia
Photograph by Bradley Hacker © All Rights Reserved.

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Short-toed Coucal (Centropus rectunguis) Vulnerable Range: OR: Malay Pen., Sumatra and Borneo


Senegal Coucal (Centropus senegalensis senegalensis) Range: AF: widespread
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Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis) Range: OR: Pakistan to se China, sw Philippines and Greater Sundas India
Photograph by Patty McGann Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share and make derivative works of the file under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one.

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Kai Coucal (Centropus spilopterus) Range: AU: Kai Is. (se Moluccas)

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Black-hooded Coucal (Centropus steerii) Critically Endangered Range: OR: Mindoro (Philippines)


White-browed Coucal (Centropus superciliosus) Range: AF: e, sc, also sw Arabian Pen. Kilaguni, Coast, Kenya
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Malagasy Coucal (Centropus toulou toulou) Range: AF: Aldabra group (sw Seychelles) and Madagascar Ankarafantsika NP, Madagascar
Photograph by Nigel Voaden © All Rights Reserved.

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Rufous Coucal (Centropus unirufus) Near Threatened Range: OR: Luzon group (Philippines)


Violaceous Coucal (Centropus violaceus) Range: AU: New Ireland and New Britain (e Bismarck Arch.) Walindi, New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Photograph by Nik Borrow Copyright and usage info This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported. In short: you are free to share the file for non-commercial purposes under the conditions that you appropriately attribute it, and that you distribute it only under a license identical to this one. If you remix, transform, or build upon the material, you may not distribute the modified material.

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Philippine Coucal (Centropus viridis) Range: OR: Philippines (except Palawan group and s Sulu Arch.)

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