Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
African Cuckoo (Cuculus gularis) - HBW 4, p. 554
French: Coucou africain
German: Afrikanerkuckuck
Spanish: Cuco Barbiblanco
Taxonomy: Cuculus gularis Stephens, 1815, Camdeboo, Cape Province.
Forms a superspecies with C. canorus, with which formerly considered conspecific. Monotypic.
Distribution: Senegal and Gambia through N Nigeria to Eritrea, NW Somalia and Kenya, and S to Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and E South Africa (Transvaal and Natal).
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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looking around Locality Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Daniêl Jimenez 4 October 2010 2 years ago 55 sec 4
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Adult
Locality Brufut, Western Division, The Gambia
Paul Cools 30 June 2012 27 weeks ago 4.3 -
Active and vocal in low trees next to the Okakuejo Waterhole. Came in to playback.
Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia (Monotypic species)
Charles Hesse 16 November 2010 2 years ago 3.8
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Call. Okakuejo Waterhole. 6:31am. Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia
(Monotypic species)
Charles Hesse 16 November 2009 3 years ago 4
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