Black-faced Coucal Centropus melanops Scientific name definitions

42–48 cm; male 195–237 g, female 182–265 g. Adult has black face, head, neck and breast pale buff, face black, wings brown, tail glossy black, lower breast and belly black; iris red, bill black, feet black. Female larger. Juvenile as adult, with narrower rectrices. Race <em>banken</em> has slightly more black on forehead.

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Forests , in treetops and tangled undergrowth, second growth. Lowlands to 1200 m.

Nest undescribed. Eggs white; 37 mm × 29 mm.

Not globally threatened (Least Concern). This was a common species in Mindanao 60 years ago, but the forests have now almost completely disappeared; still common at PICOP, near Bislig. It seems likely that further forest destruction will lead to this coucal's inclusion on the list of endangered species.