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title: "White-browed Coucal"
description: "Centropus superciliosus — Uccelli. The white-browed coucal or lark-heeled cuckoo (Centropus superciliosus), is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/white-browed-coucal
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# White-browed Coucal

> Centropus superciliosus — Uccelli. The white-browed coucal or lark-heeled cuckoo (Centropus superciliosus), is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae.

- Scientific name: *Centropus superciliosus*
- Category: `birds` (Uccelli)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1993
- Wikidata: [Q386116](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q386116)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1630](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1630)

## Names

- en: White-browed Coucal
- de: Weißbrauenkuckuck
- es: Cucal cejiblanco
- fr: Coucal à sourcils blancs
- nl: Wenkbrauwspoorkoekoek
- pt: Cucal-de-sobrancelhas-brancas
- pl: Kukal białobrewy

## Countries with the most observations

TZ (596), KE (594), UG (311), BW (85), ZM (83), RW (52), AO (48), NA (41), ZW (32), ET (27), SA (11), SD (6)

## Summary

The white-browed coucal or lark-heeled cuckoo (Centropus superciliosus), is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa. It inhabits areas with thick cover afforded by rank undergrowth and scrub, including in suitable coastal regions. Burchell's coucal is sometimes considered a subspecies.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-browed_coucal

## Photo

![White-browed Coucal](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-browed-coucal/medium.jpg)

Photo: Klaus Wehrlin · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/45678927

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/white-browed-coucal?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).