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White-browed Coucal
Centropus superciliosus · Family Cuculidae
Centropus superciliosus
Family Cuculidae
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- Family
- Cuculidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 183,538
- Countries and territories with records
- 31
About this species
This species has 183,538 occurrence records from 31 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (61.4%), Kenya (14.5%), Tanzania (7.6%), Uganda (6.6%) and Mozambique (1.9%); together they account for 92% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.28% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Centropus superciliosus combines the genus name Centropus with the species epithet superciliosus. The Warbla app catalog lists 28 species of the genus Centropus; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Centropus sinensis, Centropus phasianinus and Centropus bengalensis.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 144 species of the family Cuculidae. This species ranks 15th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Cuculus canorus. Its record count is 2 times the family average (90,374). The family Cuculidae belongs to the order Cuculiformes, which has 146 species in the Warbla app catalog.