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Sunda Coucal
Centropus nigrorufus (Cuvier, 1816)
Cuculidae — Cuckoos
Sunda Coucal, Centropus nigrorufus, is a cuckoo in the family Cuculidae that breeds in Java in the Oriental Region. It is found in mangroves, freshwater swamp forest and grassland close to brackish water. Also called the Javanese lathe, it is confined to Java, Indonesia. Its recorded food includes grasshoppers, ground beetles, moths, geckos, snakes and frogs, and it has also been seen taking rice seeds in a paddy field.
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- Family
- Cuculidae — Cuckoos
- Breeding range
- Oriental Region: Java
