Coppery-tailed coucal / Kupferschwanzkuckuck (Centropus cupreicaudus)

Coppery tailed coucal. 2016-09-23 08.14.20 Botswana
Classification: Genus Centropus; Family Centropidae
General: 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. [more]

First documented observation : 2016-09-23 in Botswana.