pheasant coucal

English

Noun

pheasant coucal (plural pheasant coucals)

  1. A species of coucal, Centropus phasianinus, of Indonesia, New Guinea, and Australia.
    • 2018, Melissa Lucashenko, Too Much Lip, University of Queensland Press, published 2023, page 302:
      ‘Look,’ she said, excited, waving a spotted feather. ‘ […] I'll tell ya why dort, it's a sign.’ Yep, thought Kerry, a sign that a pheasant coucal had passed by in the past few hours.

Synonyms

  • pheasant cuckoo (obsolete)
  • swamp pheasant

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