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Blue-headed Coucal
Centropus monachus Rüppell, WPES 1837
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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto &
macaulaylibrary.org.
| Species name | Recordist | Date | Location | Remarks | Cat.nr. |
| Blue-headed Coucal - Centropus monachus | BurBenj | 2021-08-15 | Bakoumba, Lekoko, Haut-Ogooue, Lékoko (Gabon) (550 m) | uncertain - From a sedges swamp bird-seen:no playback-used:no
|
669328 xeno-canto.org |
| Blue-headed Coucal - Centropus monachus | David C. Moyer | 25 May 2008 | Kamembe, Rwanda, Cyangugu (Rwanda) (1500 m) | Duet (A) - | 83849 xeno-canto.org |
| Blue-headed Coucal - Centropus monachus | Harerimana Joachim | 2026-04-15 | , Ouest (Rwanda) | - | 655405000 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Blue-headed Coucal - Centropus monachus fischeri | Andrew Spencer | 2014-12-16 | Baro River just west of Gambela, Gambela Peoples (Ethiopia) (440 m) | call - calls from a bird perched prominently on a tall bush at the edge of a large grassy wet area. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no
|
278368 xeno-canto.org |
| Blue-headed Coucal - Centropus monachus | Harerimana Joachim | 2025-09-21 | , Ouest (Rwanda) | - | 642224563 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Blue-headed Coucal - Centropus monachus fischeri | Mike Nelson | 2012-04-01 | Mt Kupe, Nature Trail, Nyasoso, Sud-Ouest (Cameroon) (700 m) | Song (A) - singing from thick farmbush next to some agricultural fields | 99041 xeno-canto.org |
| Blue-headed Coucal - Centropus monachus | Harerimana Joachim | 2024-12-21 | , Ouest (Rwanda) | - | 628034091 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Blue-headed Coucal - Centropus monachus | John van der Woude | ??-09-2009 | Gamba area , Ogooué-Maritime (Gabon) (? m) | song (A) - | 40013 xeno-canto.org |
| Blue-headed Coucal - Centropus monachus | Peter Boesman | 2015-12-18 | Lake Awassa, Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples (Ethiopia) | song - [sono] | 300086 xeno-canto.org |
| Blue-headed Coucal - Centropus monachus | Niyomugabo Evariste | 2026-04-24 | , Ouest (Rwanda) | - | 656029403 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Blue-headed Coucal - Centropus monachus | BurBenj | 2021-08-14 | Bakoumba, Lekoko, Haut-Ogooue, Lékoko (Gabon) (550 m) | uncertain - From a sedges swamp bird-seen:no playback-used:no
|
669311 xeno-canto.org |
| Blue-headed Coucal - Centropus monachus | Faustin Mugiraneza | 2026-04-14 | , Nord (Rwanda) | - | 655145200 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Blue-headed Coucal - Centropus monachus | izabayo pierre | 2026-04-15 | , Ouest (Rwanda) | - | 655473169 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Blue-headed Coucal - Centropus monachus | Peter G. Kaestner | 1978-01-22 | 0.5 km NE of NYANKUNDE, Orientale, DR Congo, Orientale (Democratic Republic of the Congo) | - | 1358 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Blue-headed Coucal - Centropus monachus | izabayo pierre | 2026-04-24 | , Ouest (Rwanda) | - | 656114317 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Blue-headed Coucal - Centropus monachus | Harerimana Joachim | 2026-04-04 | , Ouest (Rwanda) | - | 654783089 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Blue-headed Coucal - Centropus monachus | Byiringiro Pacifique | 2024-09-17 | , Est (Rwanda) | - | 624995977 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Blue-headed Coucal - Centropus monachus | Patrik Åberg | 2017-11-06 | Kakum NP, Central (Ghana) (140 m) | song - bird-seen:no playback-used:no
|
399988 xeno-canto.org |
| Blue-headed Coucal - Centropus monachus | Harerimana Joachim | 2026-04-15 | , Ouest (Rwanda) | - | 655405001 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Blue-headed Coucal - Centropus monachus | Martin St-Michel | 2015-03-06 | Bigodi Swamp, southeast of Kibale NP, Bunyoro, Kamwenge (former division) (Uganda) (1200 m) | song - Habitat: swamp, secondary evergreen forest, garden, field. bird-seen:no playback-used:no
|
265438 xeno-canto.org |
| Blue-headed Coucal - Centropus monachus | Andrew Spencer | 2014-12-15 | , Gambela Peoples (Ethiopia) | - | 243492811 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Blue-headed Coucal - Centropus monachus | Eric francois Roualet | 2018-02-21 | , Western (former region) (Ghana) | - | 203937591 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Blue-headed Coucal - Centropus monachus | Peter G. Kaestner | 1978-01-22 | 0.5 km NE of NYANKUNDE, Orientale, DR Congo, Orientale (Democratic Republic of the Congo) | - | 1356 macaulaylibrary.org |
| Blue-headed Coucal - Centropus monachus | Harerimana Joachim | 2025-11-07 | , Ouest (Rwanda) | - | 650745274 macaulaylibrary.org |
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