The Coppery-tailed Coucal is a large cuckoo relative of wetlands and dense cover in central and southern Africa. It searches for small animals on the ground.
It has a black head and back, a coppery rump, a dark tail, and pale underparts.
It forages on the ground and eats insects, frogs, fish, and other small animals.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.