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Centropus

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Noun1.Centropus - a genus of Cuculidae
genus Centropus
bird genus - a genus of birds
Cuculidae, family Cuculidae - includes cuckoo; ani; roadrunner
coucal - Old World ground-living cuckoo having a long dagger-like hind claw
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The bubut bird depicted here is thought by the Iban to call out to the souls of the dead in an attempt to persuade them not to cross over into the otherworld; hence, in the visible world, the call of the burung bubut (the common coucal, Centropus sinensis Stephens) is said to signify that someone has just died.
Words, poetics, and the disclosure of meaning in Saribas Iban healing ... by Sather, Clifford / Borneo Research Bulletin
Records of the globally near-threatened Short-toed Coucal Centropus rectunguis (BS) and Bornean Ground-cuckoo (4) Carpococcyx radiceus (BS) need confirmation.
Birds of the Danau Sentarum National Park by Dennis, Roy H. / Borneo Research Bulletin
 
 
 
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