Animalia > Chordata > Aves > Cuculiformes > Cuculidae > Centropus > Centropus cupreicaudusCentropus cupreicaudus (Coppery-tailed Coucal)The coppery-tailed coucal (Centropus cupreicaudus) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is found in Angola, Botswana, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Namibia, Tanzania, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. It was first described by the German ornithologist Anton Reichenow in 1896. |
Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) Unique (100) Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) Unique & Vulnerable (100) ED Score: 9.3852 EDGE Score: 2.34038 |
| Adult Weight [1] | 245 grams | | Female Weight [1] | 269 grams | | Male Weight [1] | 221 grams | | Weight Dimorphism [1] | 21.7 % |  | | Diet [2] | Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates) | | Diet - Ectothermic [2] | 30 % | | Diet - Endothermic [2] | 30 % | | Diet - Invertibrates [2] | 40 % | | Forages - Mid-High [2] | 20 % | | Forages - Understory [2] | 30 % | | Forages - Ground [2] | 50 % | | | Clutch Size [3] | 3 |
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Countries |
Ecozone |
Biome |
Species |
Report |
Climate |
Land
Use |
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Angolan Miombo woodlands |
Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Angolan montane forest-grassland mosaic |
Angola |
Afrotropic |
Montane Grasslands and Shrublands |
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Central Zambezian Miombo woodlands |
Tanzania, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, Zambia, Malawi |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Kalahari Acacia-Baikiaea woodlands |
Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, South Africa |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Southern Congolian forest-savanna mosaic |
Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Southern Miombo woodlands |
Zimbabwe, Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Western Zambezian grasslands |
Angola, Zambia |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Zambezian and Mopane woodlands |
South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Swaziland, Namibia, Malawi |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Zambezian Baikiaea woodlands |
Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Grasslands, Savannas, and Shrublands |
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Zambezian Cryptosepalum dry forests |
Zambia |
Afrotropic |
Tropical and Subtropical Dry Broadleaf Forests |
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Zambezian flooded grasslands |
Angola, Botswana, Democratic Republic of Congo, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Zambia |
Afrotropic |
Flooded Grasslands and Savannas |
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Location |
IBA Criteria |
Website |
Climate |
Land Use |
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Bangweulu swamps |
Zambia |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Barotse flood-plain |
Zambia |
A1, A4i |
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Caconda |
Angola |
A3 |
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Cameia National Park |
Angola |
A3 |
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Cangandala National Park |
Angola |
A3 |
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Chimfunshi |
Zambia |
A3 |
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Chisamba |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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Chitunta plain |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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Chobe National Park |
Botswana |
A3, A4i |
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Cuango |
Angola |
A3 |
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Cuelei |
Angola |
A1, A3 |
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Cutato |
Angola |
A3 |
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Eastern Caprivi wetlands |
Namibia |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Kafue flats |
Zambia |
A1, A3, A4i, A4iii |
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Kafue National Park |
Zambia |
A1, A2, A3, A4i, A4ii |
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Kagera swamps |
Tanzania |
A1, A3 |
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Kalungwishi |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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Kasanka National Park |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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Kilombero Valley |
Tanzania |
A1, A2, A3, A4i |
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Kundelungu National Park |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A3 |
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Lake Rukwa |
Tanzania |
A1, A4i, A4iii |
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Linyanti swamp/Chobe river |
Botswana |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Liuwa Plain National Park |
Zambia |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Luando Strict Nature Reserve |
Angola |
A1, A3 |
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Luapula mouth |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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Lufira valley |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Lukanga swamp |
Zambia |
A1, A4iii |
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Lusenga Plain NP |
Zambia |
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Machile |
Zambia |
A1, A2, A3, A4ii |
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Mahango Game Reserve and Kavango river |
Namibia |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Marungu highlands |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A3 |
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Minyanya Plain |
Zambia |
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Mosi-oa-Tunya and the Batoka Gorge |
Zambia |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Moyowosi: Kigosi Game Reserves |
Tanzania |
A1, A4i |
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Mutinondo Wilderness |
Zambia |
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Mweru Wantipa National Park |
Zambia |
A1, A3, A4i |
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Nkanga river conservation area |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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North Swaka |
Zambia |
A3 |
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Okavango Delta |
Botswana |
A1, A3, A4i, A4ii, A4iii |
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Saisi river |
Zambia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Shiwa Ng'andu |
Zambia |
A1, A3 |
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Simungoma |
Zambia |
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Sioma Ngwezi National Park |
Zambia |
A3 |
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Sumbu National Park and Tondwa GMA |
Zambia |
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Ufipa plateau |
Tanzania |
A2, A3 |
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Uningi Pans |
Zambia |
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Upemba National Park |
Congo, The Democratic Republic of the |
A1, A2, A3 |
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Usangu flats |
Tanzania |
A1, A3, A4i |
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West Lunga National Park and Lukwakwa |
Zambia |
A1, A2, A3 |
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| Name |
Location |
Endemic |
Species |
Website |
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Eastern Afromontane |
Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Uganda, Yemen, Zimbabwe |
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Attributes / relations provided by ♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109 ♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027 ♦ 3Jetz W, Sekercioglu CH, Böhning-Gaese K (2008) The Worldwide Variation in Avian Clutch Size across Species and Space PLoS Biol 6(12): e303. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0060303 Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database |
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0
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