Cuckoos

Black Coucal

Centropus grillii

The Black Coucal (Centropus grillii) is a 123 g grassland bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. Some populations migrate.

Family

Cuckoos

Order

Cuculiformes

Weight

123 g

Habitat

Grassland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Partial migrant

Countries recorded

29

Recorded in Uganda, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Kenya, Botswana, Zambia, Republic of the Congo, Nigeria, Benin, Gambia, Ghana, Mozambique, Namibia, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Rwanda, Gabon, Angola, Côte d'Ivoire, eSwatini, Liberia, Cameroon, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Burundi, Togo, Burkina Faso.

Where to see it: Epena (Republic of the Congo); Plaine de So (Benin); Marais littoraux de Makinsi (Guinea); Maasai Mara NR · Mara Triangle (Kenya); Lac Tele Community Reserve (Republic of the Congo).

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