Stock Photo - Burchell's Coucal

Caption: Burchell's Coucal (Centropus burchelli), also known as the rainbird, Kruger National Park, South Africa. Photo Ref: burchells-coucal_knp-5462 - © Scotch Macaskill

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The Burchell's Coucal is heard more often than seen and it's attractive, characteristic call is familiar to many in South Africa as that of the "rainbird". The call, sounding like water running out of a bottle, is said to presage rain, hence the name. This photo is from the Kruger National Park.

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