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Buff-headed Coucal
Centropus milo Gould, 1856
Cuculidae — Cuckoos
Buff-headed Coucal, Centropus milo, is a cuckoo of the central Solomon Islands in Australasia, where it breeds in tropical moist lowland and mountain forest. It is a common endemic of those islands and is found mainly in primary and secondary growth. The bird is a large coucal with a heavy bill and short wings. Adults have a buff head, upper back and underparts, with glossy black wings, lower back and tail. Juveniles look quite different, with brown plumage marked by black, and reddish-brown wings and tail barred with black.
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- Family
- Cuculidae — Cuckoos
- Breeding range
- Australasia: c Solomon Is.
