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Pheasant Coucal photographed at Walkabout Creek, Brisbane Forest Park.
Photograph by ozwildlife. Some rights reserved.
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PHEASANT COUCAL FACTS
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Description
The Pheasant Coucal is a large cuckoo similar in shape to the Pheasant. It has a black head, neck and underbody with the upperparts and wings reddish-brown with black and cream barring It moves clumsily through undergrowth and does not fly far.
Other Names
Swamp Pheasant
Size
65cm
Environment
dense growth in woodland, along roadsides and occasionally in gardens
Food
large insects, frogs, lizards, eggs, young birds, small mammals.
Breeding
Unlike most cuckoos they build their own nest. The nest is a platform of sticks, grass or rushes, lined with leaves and grasses, and is built in thick grass or bushes. Lays 3-5 eggs.
Range
northern and eastern Australia, as well as New Guinea
Classification
| Class: | Aves | | Order: | Cuculiformes | | Family: | Centropodidae | | Genus: | Centropus | | Species: | phasianinus | | Common Name: | Pheasant Coucal |
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