Brown Coucal

Taxobox
name = Brown Coucal


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
status_ref = [BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/4117/all Centropus andamanensis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Cuculiformes
familia = Cuculidae
genus = "Centropus"
species = "C. andamanensis"
binomial = "Centropus andamanensis"
binomial_authority = Tytler in Beavan, 1867 [Beavan, RC (1867) The Avifauna of the Andaman Islands", Ibis 9(3):314-334. Description attributed to Robert Christopher Tytler quote|page. 321: 32. Centropus andamanexsis, Tytler, sp. nov. Andaman Coucal This quite new species is of a chestnut, or rather cinnamon-chestnut colour, and a little smaller than the Indian "C. rufipennis", but wants entirely the black markings of that bird. It is apparently not uncommon, judging from the frequently heard call, which somewhat resembles that of "C. rufipennis"; but living as the birds do in the dense cane-jungle, they are as difficult to see as they are to get at. "I only procured two specimens, the best of which was sent to the Asiatic Society a Museum, and the other unfortunately got destroyed" (R.C.Tytler).]
synonyms = "Centropus sinensis andamanensis" The Brown Coucal ("Centropus andamanensis") is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family.It is found in India and Myanmar.Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical mangrove forests.

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