Burchell's CoucalCentropus burchellii Gewone vleiloerieCentropus burchellii Swainson, 1838 (1837), Anim. Menag., p321; S Africa= Cape Province. burchellii = after naturalist andexplorer, William Burchell (1778-1863). 1. C. b. burchellii; 2. C. b. fasciipygialis. |
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Adult Mopani, Kruger NP, Oct 2007 Photo Sibyl Morris (D) |
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GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION: Mainly in underpart coloration and extent barring on lanks and undertail. Supspp: Africa 2, s Africa 2.
1. C. b. burchellii Swainson. From se Botswana and extreme s Zimbabwe east to Maputo, Mozambique; south through Limpopo and NW Provinces, Mpumalanga, Gauteng and n and e Free State to Swaziland and KwaZulu-Natal, and from s KwaZulu-Natal through coastal regions to sw W Cape6. (Described under Identification). 2. C. b. fasciipygialis Reichenow, 1898, Ornithol. Monatsber., 6:23; Quilimane ( = Quelimane), Mozambique. Mozambique north of Inhambane, e Zimbabwe and extreme ne S Africa. Extralimitally, through n Mozambique and Malawi to s Tanzania. Smaller than C. b. burchelli; underparts whiter, flanks and undertail coverts lack barring. Taxonomic Note: Previously considered conspecific with White-browed Coucal13; now accorded specific status6. |
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| MEASUREMENTS: wing (5 male) 167-179 (172.8), (5 female) 163-185 (172.7); tail (no n, unsexed) 189-233 (208); tarsus (no n, unsexed) 39-43 (42.2)14; culmen (9 male) 31-36 (33), (6 female) 31.5-36.0 (34.1)9; mass (4 male) 162.1-212.9 (179.5), (2 female) 180, 1908,14. |
| MOULT: Primaries shed alternately in ascendent order, beginning with P9 or P1014. |
| CONSERVATION: Not threatened. |
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