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Blue-headed Coucal

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Alternate name
Centropus monachus Scientific name 
Cuculiformes Order
Centropodidae Family   
46 cm Length
Tropical moist forest, shrubland, savanna, bogs, marshes, swamps, fens, peatlands, often near still or running water, between 700m & 2,500 m, in:- Angola, Benin, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Rep. of Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Mali, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, and Uganda. Habitat Range
Clutch  
Invertebrates, small vertebrates. Food 
                       Habits
1290 World Number

Least Concern     

Status

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