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Coucal, Burchell’s

Roberts No: 391

Has a ‘water bottle’ song like water poured from a narrow-necked bottle. Skulks, clambers about in gardens, can run fast. Suns itself after rain. Predatory. Snails beaten to remove shell.

Family Name:
Centropus Burchellii
Common Name:
Coucal, Burchell’s
Size:
40 to 41 cm
Status:
Resident
Food:
anthropods, spiders, scorpions, snails, crabs, lizards, frogs, eggs, nestling birds up to the size of a dove, rodents.