Coppery-tailed coucal

Coppery-tailed coucal
Matetsi Safari Area, Zimbabwe
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Centropus
Species:
C. cupreicaudus
Binomial name
Centropus cupreicaudus
Reichenow, 1896

The coppery-tailed coucal (Centropus cupreicaudus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. 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.

  1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Centropus cupreicaudus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22684280A93023039. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22684280A93023039.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.