{{short description|Species of bird}} {{speciesbox | image = Centropus nigrorufus at mangrove surabaya.jpg | image_caption= At mangroves near Surabaya, East Java | status = VU | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status">{{cite iucn |author=BirdLife International |date=2025 |title=''Centropus nigrorufus'' |article-number=e.T22684236A266251596 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T22684236A266251596.en}}</ref> | genus = Centropus | species = nigrorufus | authority = (Cuvier, 1816) | synonyms = }}
The '''Sunda coucal''' ('''''Centropus nigrorufus'''''), also known as the Javanese lathe,<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Damayanti |first1=N. |last2=Marhaento |first2=H. |last3=Poedjirahajoe |first3=E. |date=2022-09-01 |title=Evaluation of blocking area management based on ecological and socio-economic sensitivity mapping in Sermo Wildlife Sanctuary, Kulon Progo, Yogyakarta |journal=IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science |volume=1039 |issue=1 |article-number=012041 |doi=10.1088/1755-1315/1039/1/012041 |issn=1755-1307|doi-access=free |bibcode=2022E&ES.1039a2041D }}</ref> is a cuckoo species in the family Cuculidae that is endemic to Java, Indonesia. It inhabits mangroves, freshwater swamp forests and grasslands near brackish water. It has been listed as Vulnerable on the IUCN Red List since 1994, as the small population is threatened by habitat destruction and trapping.<ref name="iucn status" /> It feeds on grasshoppers, ground beetles, moths, geckos, snakes and frogs; it was also observed while picking rice seeds in a paddy field.<ref>{{cite journal |author=Budi, N.S. |year=2014 |title=Sunda Coucal ''Centropus nigrorufus'' eating young rice seeds |journal=Kukila |volume=17 |issue=2 |pages=152–153 |url=http://kukila.org/index.php/KKL/article/view/414/418}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{cite web |author=BirdLife International |title=Javan Coucal ''Centropus nigrorufus'' |year=2019 |url=http://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/javan-coucal-centropus-nigrorufus}}
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Sunda coucal Category:Birds of Java Sunda coucal Sunda coucal Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Category:Endemic birds of Indonesia
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