Big greenhorn cuckoo
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The great green- nosed cuckoo ( Phaenicophaeus tristis ) or naked-forehead cuckoo is a species of bird from the cuckoo family (Cuculidae) and belongs to the genus of the Malkohas ( Phaenicophaeus ).
It occurs in Southeast Asia and the Indian subcontinent from the Himalayan foothills from Garhwal to Arunachal Pradesh , northeast India , Bihar , Madhya Pradesh , Orissa and Bangladesh up to 1800 m and is a resident bird.
Its distribution area includes primary forest , secondary forest , dense thicket , bush-covered and cultivated areas as well as plantations with rubber trees .
description
The great greenhorn cuckoo is about 50 to 60 cm tall and weighs 100 to 128 g. The top is dark gray with shiny olive green on the wings and the long, stepped tail with a white tail band and several white spots on the underside of the tail. The head, neck, chest and stomach are light gray. The thick, curved beak is light, yellowish-green and, together with the crimson eye spot, is considered characteristic.
voice
The call of the male is described as a cackling and croaking, frog-like “ko, ko, ko, ko”.
Geographic variation
The following subspecies are recognized:
- P. t. tristis ( Lesson , 1830), nominate form - Northern India from the Himalayan foothills below 1800 and Kumaon east via Nepal , Sikkim and Bhutan to Assam and Bangladesh , south to Madhya Pradesh
- P. t. saliens ( Mayr , 1938) - Northern Myanmar , Thailand , Indochina, and Southern China ( Yunnan , Guangxi, and Guangdong )
- P. t. hainanus ( EJO Hartert , 1910) - Hainan
- P. t. longicaudatus Blyth , 1841 - Southern Indochina , Myanmar , Thailand to Peninsula Malaysia
- P. t. elongatus S. Müller , 1836 - Sumatra
- P. t. kangeangensis ( Vorderman , 1893) - Kangean Islands
Way of life
The food consists of insects , large caterpillars , grasshoppers and lizards that are sought in dense thickets and trees.
The breeding season is between April and August in India, in May in Nepal, between March and September in Myanmar, January and March in Malaysia. The bird builds its own nest and lays 2–4 eggs, which are incubated by both parent birds.
Danger
The great green-nosed cuckoo is not considered to be endangered ( Least Concern ).
literature
- J. Erhitzøe, CF Mann, FP Brammer, RA Fuller: Cuckoos of the World . Christopher Helm, London 2012, ISBN 978-0-7136-6034-0 .
Single receipts
- ↑ Avibase
- ↑ a b c d Handbook of the Birds of the World
- ↑ a b c R. Grimmett, T. Inskipp: Birds of Northern India. Helm Field Guides, 2017, ISBN 978-0-7136-5167-6
- ↑ a b c d S. Ali: The Book of Indian Birds. Bombay Natural History Society, Oxford university Press, 13th ed. 2002, ISBN 978-0-19-566523-9
- ^ IUCN Redlist
Web links
- Videos, photos and sound recordings of phaenicophaeus-tristis in the Internet Bird Collection
