The park hosts several avifauna species including the red-keeled flowerpecker, Asian glossy starling, grey imperial pigeon, Philippine turtle dove, Philippine coucal, olive-backed sunbird, yellow-vented bulbul, zebra dove, collared kingfisher and the endangered water monitors.
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Pheasant coucal " Centropus phasianinus ", greater coucal " C . sinensis " and Madagascar coucal " C . toulou " sometimes build an open nest while some species always build open nests ( the bay coucal " C . celebensis ")
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Pheasant coucal " Centropus phasianinus ", greater coucal " C . sinensis " and Madagascar coucal " C . toulou " sometimes build an open nest while some species always build open nests ( the bay coucal " C . celebensis ")
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Pheasant coucal " Centropus phasianinus ", greater coucal " C . sinensis " and Madagascar coucal " C . toulou " sometimes build an open nest while some species always build open nests ( the bay coucal " C . celebensis ")
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Pheasant coucal " Centropus phasianinus ", greater coucal " C . sinensis " and Madagascar coucal " C . toulou " sometimes build an open nest while some species always build open nests ( the bay coucal " C . celebensis ")
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"Coucal " was launched 29 May 1942 by Moore Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co ., Oakland, California; sponsored by Mrs . D . A . Scott; and commissioned 22 January 1943, Lieutenant Commander D . H . Byerly, USNR, in command.
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Marsh tchagra, coppery-tailed coucal, Fulleborn's longclaw, locustfinch, pale-crowned, croaking and short-winged cisticola, chestnut-headed and streaky-breasted flufftail, harlequin and blue quail, black-rumped buttonquail and fawn-breasted waxbill are amongst the other specials on the wetland fringes and in the large dambo s.
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He is commemorated in the scientific names of a number of birds, including : Steere's liocichla, " Liochicla steerii "; the wattled broadbill, " Eurylaimus steerii "; the black-hooded coucal, " Centropus steerii "; and the azure-breasted pitta, " Pitta steerii ".
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There are also animals such as barking deer, rhesus macaques, long-tailed macaques, wild boar, civet, pangolin, Chinese porcupine and squirrel; birds such as the greater coucal, great barbet, Chinese bulbul, crested mynah, spotted dove and black-eared kite; and a large variety of insects and about 240 species of butterflies.
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Other specials that occur in Mapungubwe National Park include great white pelican, white-backed night heron, bat hawk, augur buzzard, African hobby, Dickinson s kestrel, green sandpiper, three-banded courser, blue-spotted wood dove, grey-headed parrot, Senegal coucal, pennant-winged nightjar, blue-cheeked bee-eater, broad-billed and racket-tailed roller, African golden oriole and olive-tree warbler.
