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 LC    Chestnut-winged Cuckoo* Id (Atlas):
    Clamator coromandus

Description (10)
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Family
Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

Size
38 - 47 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Linnaeus, 1766)

Habitat
Scrub, broadleaf forests and forest edges.

Range (Guide)
Bangladesh, Bhutan (B), Brunei Darussalam, Cambodia, China (mainland), India, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam.

Vagrant to Japan, Palau.

India to Indonesia, north to eastern China. Accidental to Korea and Japan.
 
Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
A loud hoarse 'kurii kurii', a harsh 'creech-creech-creech', a series of double metallic whistles 'beep beep' and a cackling rattle 'ghee ghe-ghuh-ghuh-ghuh-ghuh'.

Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (61)...)

 
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo (Clamator coromandus) [XC113326]
     by Peter Ericsson from hills near Changqing town, Shaanxi, China (call, song)

 
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo (Clamator coromandus) [XC730452]
     by Geoff Carey from Beijing, Beijing, China (song)

Nest
None. Egg)s) laid in that of the foster parents. Favours laughing-thrushes.

Subspecies
No subspecies.


References
See References.


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