Where Are Coucal Found?

Coucal, any of about 27 species of medium to large birds of the genus Centropus of the cuckoo family (Cuculidae). They are found from Africa and Madagascar across southern Asia to Australia and the Solomon Islands.

Is greater coucal a brood parasite?

Unlike many Old World cuckoos, coucals are not brood parasites, though they do have their own reproductive peculiarity: all members of the genus are (to varying degrees) sex-role reversed, so that the smaller male provides most of the parental care.

Is coucal a cuckoo?

The Crow Pheasant, now more commonly called the Greater Coucal, does not belong to the crow family, Corvidae, but is a large species (48 cm) belonging to the Cuckoo family, Cuculidae.