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Birding Sepilok, Borneo (Part 1)

10,000 Birds

Apparently, the Greater Coucal is associated with some superstitions – in India, seeing one is believed to be auspicious, and in some areas, eating the flesh was regarded to help with illnesses such as tuberculosis. And of course, some Chinese researchers worked on the complete mitochondrial genome of the Greater Coucal.