Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo (Cercococcyx montanus)

Other Names (World)
Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo, Barred Cuckoo

Family
Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

Size
33 cm

First Described (Guide)
Chapin, 1928

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical montane moist forest. From sea-level - 2,800 m.

Range (Guide)

Burundi, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Tanzania [United Republic of], Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (105)...)

Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo (Cercococcyx montanus) [XC516874]
by Louis A. Hansen from Suni camp, Chita Forest, southern Udzungwa Scarp, Tanzania (call)

Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo (Cercococcyx montanus) [XC516815]
by Louis A. Hansen from Suni camp, Chita Forest, southern Udzungwa Scarp, Tanzania (song)

Subspecies
Forms a superspecies with Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo (Cercococcyx olivinus).

The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

montanus Chapin, 1928 - Montane forests of east-central Africa from Ruwenzori to L Tanganyika.
patulus Friedmann, 1928 - Kenya to southern Zaire, Zambia, eastern and southern Tanzania, Malawi, eastern Zimbabwe and Mozambique.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo (Cercococcyx montanus) - 10 files

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