White-browed Coucal

Centropus superciliosus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1829

White-browed Coucal, Centropus superciliosus, is a cuckoo found in eastern and southern Africa, with a further range in the south-western Arabian Peninsula. It lives in places with dense plant growth, especially where scrub and coarse undergrowth provide cover, and it also occurs in suitable coastal areas. Burchell’s coucal is sometimes treated as a subspecies. The species was described by Hemprich and Ehrenberg in 1829. It belongs to the family Cuculidae and the order Cuculiformes.

Order

Cuculiformes

Family

Cuculidae — Cuckoos

Breeding range

Africa: e, sc, also sw Arabian Pen.