Deep Forest Canopy
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Cuckoos

Greater Black Coucal

Centropus menbeki

The ivory-billed coucal or greater black coucal is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found in the Aru Islands and New Guinea. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest.

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