coucal : Idioms & Phrases

• noun Australian bird with a tail like a pheasant
  pheasant cuckoo; Centropus phasianinus.
  

WordNet

• (Zoöl.), a large Australian cuckoo (Centropus phasianus). The general color is black, with chestnut wings and brown tail. Called also pheasant cuckoo. The name is also applied to other allied species.

Webster 1913