Ghana
May / June 2011

The Senegal Coucal is distributed in tropical Africa south of the Sahara and along the Nile valley in Egypt. There is a distribution map at Birdlife International. It is found in thickets, coarse grass, river edge undergrowth, sugar cane plantations and gardens. It is less associated with wet areas than other African coucals such as the Blue-headed Coucal C. monachus.

A common vocalisation is a series of hollow hoots rising and then falling in pitch.