A large, crow-like bird known for its glossy black body, coppery brown wings, long tail, and deep red eyes with a heavy bill.
It is considered as a non-parasitic cuckoo, it prefers to forage on the ground or scrubs looking for snails, snakes, worms, insects and especially nestlings of other birds when feeding young.

A pair be found to sun or dry itself in the morning if it was raining the night before. It will give a loud booming call, giving its Malay name burung bubut. Sadly it is used in traditional medicine and as an oinment, although these practice should by dying off.

It is common all over scrubland, woods and wetlands habitat of Seberang Perai although the clearing of hedges and scrubs along paddy field bunds and riverside may reduce its foraging grounds.

https://datazone.birdlife.org/species/factsheet/greater-coucal-centropus-sinensis