{"id":8632,"date":"2018-04-22T14:47:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-22T12:47:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/?post_type=sight-projects&#038;p=3745"},"modified":"2023-10-05T16:53:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-05T06:53:30","slug":"burchells-coucal","status":"publish","type":"sight-projects","link":"https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/projects\/burchells-coucal\/","title":{"rendered":"Burchell&#8217;s Coucal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img  fetchpriority=\"high\"  decoding=\"async\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"\"  width=\"1000\"  height=\"663\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4401 pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-ls-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Couchal.jpg\"  data-pk-srcset=\"https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Couchal.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Couchal-600x398.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Couchal-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Couchal-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Couchal-220x146.jpg 220w\" ><\/p>\n<p>The Burchell&#8217;s Coucal (Afrikaans name Gewone Vleiloerie and Zulu name umGugwane) is lovingly, known as The Rainbird because of their reputation for predicting impending rain.<\/p>\n<p><img  decoding=\"async\"  src=\"data:image\/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABAQMAAAAl21bKAAAAA1BMVEUAAP+KeNJXAAAAAXRSTlMAQObYZgAAAAlwSFlzAAAOxAAADsQBlSsOGwAAAApJREFUCNdjYAAAAAIAAeIhvDMAAAAASUVORK5CYII=\"  alt=\"\"  width=\"1000\"  height=\"667\"  class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4403 pk-lazyload\"  data-pk-sizes=\"auto\"  data-ls-sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\"  data-pk-src=\"https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/KNP-Burchells-Coucal.jpg\"  data-pk-srcset=\"https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/KNP-Burchells-Coucal.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/KNP-Burchells-Coucal-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/KNP-Burchells-Coucal-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/KNP-Burchells-Coucal-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/KNP-Burchells-Coucal-220x147.jpg 220w\" ><\/p>\n<p>It is a common resident in riverine scrub, thicket and well wooded gardens.<\/p>\n<p>It has a wide range of food including small mammals, reptiles, frogs, small birds and eggs. We caught a glimpse of this one in the Kruger National Park<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Burchell&#8217;s Coucal (Afrikaans name Gewone Vleiloerie and Zulu name umGugwane) is lovingly, known as The Rainbird because&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4401,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"sight_post_video_url":"","sight_post_video_bg_start_time":0,"sight_post_video_bg_end_time":0,"csco_page_header_type":""},"tags":[],"sight-categories":[1668],"acf":[],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Couchal.jpg",1000,663,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Couchal-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Couchal-300x199.jpg",300,199,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Couchal-768x509.jpg",768,509,true],"large":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Couchal.jpg",1000,663,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Couchal.jpg",1000,663,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Couchal.jpg",1000,663,false],"cnvs-small":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Couchal.jpg",80,53,false],"cnvs-thumbnail":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Couchal.jpg",300,199,false],"pk-small":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Couchal.jpg",80,53,false],"pk-thumbnail":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Couchal.jpg",300,199,false],"csco-smaller":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Couchal.jpg",80,53,false],"csco-small":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Couchal.jpg",110,73,false],"csco-intermediate":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Couchal.jpg",200,133,false],"csco-intermediate-uncropped":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Couchal.jpg",200,133,false],"csco-thumbnail":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Couchal.jpg",380,252,false],"csco-thumbnail-uncropped":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Couchal.jpg",380,252,false],"csco-medium":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Couchal.jpg",580,385,false],"csco-medium-uncropped":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Couchal.jpg",580,385,false],"csco-large":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Couchal.jpg",1000,663,false],"csco-large-uncropped":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Couchal.jpg",1000,663,false],"csco-extra-large":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Couchal.jpg",1000,663,false],"woocommerce_thumbnail":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Couchal-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"woocommerce_single":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Couchal-600x398.jpg",600,398,true],"woocommerce_gallery_thumbnail":["https:\/\/wildlifeden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Couchal-100x100.jpg",100,100,true]},"post_excerpt_stackable":"The Burchell&#8217;s Coucal (Afrikaans name Gewone Vleiloerie and Zulu name umGugwane) is lovingly, known as The Rainbird because of their reputation for predicting impending rain. 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