Black-faced coucal

Black-faced coucal
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Centropus
Species: C. melanops
Binomial name
Centropus melanops
Lesson, 1830

The black-faced coucal (Centropus melanops) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is endemic to the Philippines.

Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

References

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Sunday, July 20, 2014. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.