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| Black-hooded Coucal Centropus steerii |
| Common Names: Sukut-sukut (Pilipino) Discoverer: Bournes & Worcester 1894 Category: CRITICAL Habitat/Distribution: Mindoro Habitat / Behavior: Diet: Insects and invertibrates. A ground brid; a poor flier; moves from branch to branch by hopping or gliding; probably solitary TL: 17" (male) and 19 1/2(female); secretive, skulks in dense vines and foliage in understory and canopy of virgin and advanced second growth up to 750m. More often heard then seen.
Call is a loud resonating series of 5 to 9(-+) hooot hoot hoot...., th 1st
note louder and longer, lating about 0.4 sec, followed by a distinct pause
of 0.5 sec before the final 8 notes, which descend slightly and become softer.
The series lasts about 4 to 5 sec and can be repeated about every 7 or 8
sec over several minutes. (RSK & THF: B. King and P. Morris recordings) Photograph Information: Courtesy of the Babilonia Wilner Foundation Illustrations by George Sandstrom and John R. Pierce, taken from the book "Philippine Birds" by John duPont. |
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