Pied Cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus)

Other Scientific Names
Oxylophus jacobinus [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]

Other Names (World)
Jacobin Cuckoo, Pied Cuckoo, Pied Crested Cuckoo, Black-and-white Cuckoo

Family
Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

Size
31.50 - 33 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Boddaert, 1783)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry grassland, dry savanna. From sea-level - 3,000 m.

Range (Guide)

Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China (mainland), Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], C�te dIvoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, India, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi (B) (NB), Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Vagrant to Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Djibouti, S�o Tom� e Principe, Seychelles, Thailand.

Unknown to Afghanistan, Iran [Islamic Republic of] (E).

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (19)...)

Jacobin Cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus) [XC697061]
by Oscar Campbell from City of Matlosana (near Klerksdorp), Southern DC, North West, South Africa (call, humans talking)

Jacobin Cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus) [XC280148]
by Lakshmikant Rajaram Neve from Letaba area, Kruger National Park, Limpopo, South Africa (song)

Subspecies
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

serratus (Sparrman, 1786) - Southern Africa.
pica (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833) - Sub-Saharan Africa south to Tanzania and Zambia, and north-western India to Nepal and Myanmar, occasionally southern Tibet, in foothills of Mt Everest.
jacobinus (Boddaert, 1783) - Southern India and Sri Lanka.

References
See References.

Files:

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