h Greater Coucal at Kuching by SINGH HSS, Amar - Borneo Bird Images

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Greater Coucal

Latin Name : Centropus sinensis

Site Name : Kuching

Photographer : SINGH HSS, Amar

Date : 2011-03-12

Notes : The prey carried for its young looks like a snake. We considered thetail of a large lizard but all views support a snake. Possibly aBanded Krait (Bungarus fasciatus) from my available snake guides athome and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:AB_064_Banded_Krait.JPG.This is highly venomous snake locally. Whether this was killed by theGreater Coucal or part of a road kill is uncertain.In records from the region the Greater Coucal is not documented asfeeding on snakes, see The Birds of Borneo by Smythies (4th editionrevised by Davidson 1999). Nor in the peninsular (see DR Wells 1999).Usually documented as eating snails, small rodents, frogs, eggs,lizards, etc. -Amar