| Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)] |
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African Cuckoo* |
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Cuculus gularis |
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Description (10)
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African Cuckoo
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Other Names (World)
African Cuckoo, South African Cuckoo, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Cuckoo
Family
Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
Size
33 cm
First Described (Guide)
Stephens, 1815
Habitat
Dry savanna. Also, subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland, dry shrubland, temperate grassland.
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sâo Tomé e Principe, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Vagrant to Djibouti, Senegal.
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
Estimated populatiuon is unknown (2010).
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (22)...)
African Cuckoo (Cuculus gularis) [XC420398]
by Peter Boesman from West Gonja, Northern Region, Ghana (song)
African Cuckoo (Cuculus gularis) [XC719074]
by Peter Boesman from Mole National Park, Ghana (song)
Subspecies
Forms superspecies with Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus).
No subspecies.
References
See References.
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the African Cuckoo see...  BirdLife International Species Factsheet.
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