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Crow pheasant🐦

Photo: Manjithkaini at Malayalam Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 3.0

SpeciesCuculiformesCuculidae
Birds

🐦Greater Coucal

Centropus sinensis (Stephens, 1815)

The greater coucal or crow pheasant, is a large non-parasitic member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes. A widespread resident in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia, it is divided into several subspecies, some being treated as full species. They are large, crow-like with a long tail and coppery brown wings and found in a wide range of habitats from jungle to cultivation and urban gardens. They are weak fliers, and are often seen clambering about in vegetation or walking on the ground as they forage for insects, eggs and nestlings of other birds. They have a familiar deep resonant call which is associated with omens in many parts of its range.

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≈ 1/220th of your weight
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2024.

Population trendStable
Key measurements
Body mass
0.28 kg
Body length
not recorded
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
not recorded
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Greater Coucal

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
0.28 kg
AVONET
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

By sex

  • Female319 kgWikidataQ767112
  • Male247 kgWikidataQ767112
Tail length
0.26 m
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Wing length
0.21 m
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Beak length
0.05 m
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Tarsus length
0.06 m
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Trophic level
Carnivore
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Habitat
Woodland
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Lifestyle
Terrestrial
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Source: AVONET · v1.1 (Tobias et al. 2022) · CC BY 4.0

Volume l
0.3 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Greater Coucal yet: body length, shoulder height, top speed, bite force, maximum lifespan.

Where it sits

Family tree

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classAves
  4. ›orderCuculiformes
  5. ›familyCuculidae
  6. ›genusCentropus
  7. ›speciesCentropus sinensis
Full lineage
  1. classBirds · Aves
  2. orderCuculiformes
  3. familyCentropidae
  4. genusCentropus
All 12 branches ↓
  1. kingdomMetazoa
  2. phylumChordata
  3. subphylumCraniata
  4. subphylumVertebrata
  5. superclassGnathostomata
  6. superclassSarcopterygii
  7. superclassTetrapoda
  8. orderSauria
  9. classBirds · Aves
  10. orderCuculiformes
  11. familyCentropidae
  12. genusCentropus
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In other languages
Centropus sinensis (ca), kukačka vraní (cs), Brunrygget Sporegøg (da), Heckenkuckuck (de), Centropus sinensis (es), aasiankukaali (fi) … and 22 more languages

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