Another black bird, with a long tail (‘Centropus Senegalensis’), floats awkwardly, with its tail in a perpendicular position, over the long grass.    From Wordnik.com.  [Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa] Reference

Birds considered to be endangered or rare are Sri Lanka wood pigeon Columba torringtoni, green-billed coucal Centropus chlororhynchus, Sri Lanka white-headed starling Sturnus senex, Sri Lanka blue magpie Cissa ornata, and ashy-headed babbler Garrulax cinereifrons, all of which are endemic, and red-faced malkoha Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sinharaja Forest Reserve, Sri Lanka] Reference

The Park is also habitat for major South African populations of greater and lesser flamingo Phoenicoepterus ruber, and P. minor, osprey Pandion haliaetus, Neergaard's sunbird Nectarinia bifasciata, Woodward's batis Batis fratrum, Natal nightjar Caprimulgus natalensis, blackrumped button-quail Turnix hottentotta, black coucal Centropus bengalensis and shorttailed pipit Anthus brachyurus. 62 species are listed in the South African Red Data Book and 73 species are listed in CITES appendices.    From Wordnik.com.  [Greater St Lucia Wetland Park, South Africa] Reference

However, a very rare species, the Oriental Darter (Anhinga melanogaster) and two endangered non waterbird species, Sunda Coucal (Centropus nigrorufus) and Black-winged Starling.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Jakarta Post Breaking News] Reference

Two bird species, the Mindoro bleeding-heart (Gallicolumba platenae) and the black-hooded coucal (Centropus steerii), are considered critically endangered, and four species are considered vulnerable: Mindoro imperial-pigeon (Ducula mindorensis), ashy thrush (Zoothera cinerea), Luzon water-redstart (Rhyacornis albiventris), and scarlet-collared flowerpecker (Dicaeum retrocinctum).    From Wordnik.com.  [Mindoro rain forests] Reference

Centropus affinis, Gould.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference

Ground cuckoos (Centropus).    From Wordnik.com.  [Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection A Series of Essays] Reference

Centropus nigrorufus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Western Java rain forests] Reference

Centropus chlororhynchus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2)] Reference

Centropus sinensis, 219, 244.    From Wordnik.com.  [Birds of the Indian Hills] Reference

Family Common Name Species Turnicidae Spotted buttonquail Turnix ocellata Turnicidae Luzon buttonquail Turnix worcesteri Rallidae Brown-banded rail Lewina mirificus Columbidae Luzon bleeding-heart Gallicolumba luzonica Columbidae Flame-breasted fruit-dove Ptilinopus marchei Columbidae Cream-breasted fruit-dove Ptilinopus merrilli Psittacidae Luzon racquet-tail Prioniturus montanus Cuculidae Scale-feathered malkoha Phaenicophaeus cumingi Cuculidae Rufous coucal Centropus unirufus Strigidae Luzon scops-owl Otus longicornis Bucconidae Luzon hornbill Penelopides manilloe Pittidae Whiskered pitta Pitta kochi Laniidae Grey-capped shrike Lanius validirostris Turdidae Ashy thrush Zoothera cinerea Muscicapidae Luzon redstart Rhyacornis bicolor Timaliidae Golden-crowned babbler Stachyris dennistouni Timaliidae Chestnut-faced babbler Stachyris whiteheadi Sylviidae Philippine bush-warbler Cettia seebohmi Sylviidae Long-tailed bush-warbler Bradypterus caudatus Muscicapidae Rusty-flanked jungle-flyc.    From Wordnik.com.  [Luzon montane rain forests] Reference