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[HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
11/05/2024 02:45:51 PM
Species Details [Taxonomy: HBW - BirdLife (v3)]
LC
Dideric Cuckoo*
Id (Atlas):
Chrysococcyx caprius
Vagrant
Description (10 )
Dideric Cuckoo
© alchetron.com
Other Names (World)
Diederik Cuckoo, Dideric Cuckoo, Didric Cuckoo
Family
Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
Size
18 cm
First Described (Guide )
(Boddaert, 1783)
Habitat
Hot desert. From sea-level - 2,400 m.
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi (B) (NB), Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Oman (B), Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.
Vagrant to Israel.
Sub-Saharan Africa; also southern Arabia.
 
Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).
Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (51)... )
Listen to XC685548
Diederik Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius ) [XC685548 ]
by Tony Archer from 12 Willeton Road (near Grahamstown), Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (song)
Listen to XC697499
Diederik Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius ) [XC697499 ]
by Tim Cockcroft from Ndlambe Local Municipality (near Bathurst), Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (song)
Subspecies
Possible shorter-winged subspecies, chrysochlorus , has been described as resident in western Africa, along with long-winged birds, but short-winged individuals also occur in southern Africa.
No subspecies.
References
See References .
Files:
BirdLife International
For more information about the Dideric Cuckoo see... BirdLife International Species Factsheet .
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