Birds Thru My Eyes : MALAYSIA: Greater Coucal

Thursday 7 May 2015

Order - Cuculiformes
Family - Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

Greater Coucal

Centropus sinensis

大毛鸡 (dà máo-jī) / 褐翅鸦鹃 (hè-chì yā-juān)

Malay : Bubut Besar Asia

Japanese : オオバンケン (ō ban-ken)

Kanji 日語漢字 : 大番鵑

Size : 47–56 cm; Male 208–270 g, Female 275–380 g

Subspecies and Distribution

Centropus sinensis sinensis (Stephens, 1815)
– Pakistan (Sind, Punjab) and Kashmir through N India (Himalayas and Gangetic Plain) to Bengal, Sikkim and N Assam and foothills in Bhutan, and on to S & SE China (E Yunnan, Guizhou, Guanxi, Guangdong, Fujian and Zhejiang).
Centropus sinensis parroti (Stresemann, 1913)
– peninsular India and Sri Lanka.
Centropus sinensis intermedius (A. O. Hume, 1873)
– Bangladesh and S Assam E through Myanmar to SC China (S Yunnan and Hainan), and S to Thailand, Indochina and Peninsular Malaysia.
Centropus sinensis anonymus (Stresemann, 1913)
– SW Philippines (Basilan and Sulu Is).
Centropus sinensis bubutus (Horsfield, 1821)
– W Philippines (Palawan, Bugsuk, Balabac, Cagayan Sulu) to Borneo, Sumatra, Nias I and Mentawai Is, and S to Java (including Madura) and Bali.
Centropus sinensis kangeangensis (Vorderman, 1893)
– Kangean Is (N of Bali).