Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
Great Spotted Cuckoo (Clamator glandarius) - HBW 4, p. 548
French: Coucou geai
German: Häherkuckuck
Spanish: Críalo Europeo
Taxonomy: Cuculus glandarius Linnaeus, 1758, northern Africa and southern Europe = Gibraltar.
A smaller race, choragium, has been described from S Africa, but breeding birds there overlap considerably in size with breeding birds in Mediterranean zone, and are not distinguishable. Monotypic.
Distribution: Iberian Peninsula, S France and W Italy; Turkey and Cyprus E to N Iraq and W Iran, and S through Middle East to Egypt; also sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal and Liberia E to Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, N Somalia and Kenya, and S to Tanzania, Angola and South Africa. Virtually all populations winter in Africa; regular in small numbers in S Spain.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Front view of a young bird perched on a wire Locality Ontiñena, Huesca, Aragón, Spain (Monotypic species)
Jesús Laborda 27 June 2005 4 years ago 40 sec 4.7 -
A pair perched on a fence, the male is attracted by the female with espasmodic movements and gives her a worm, copulating at the Locality Los Llanos de Cáceres, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain (Monotypic species)
Juan Sanabria 28 February 2007 4 years ago 46 sec 4.5 -
A magpie feeding a young bird Locality El Pardo, Madrid, Spain
Javier Ortas 31 July 2006 2 years ago 30 sec 4.3 -
Back view of a young bird perched on a wire and defecating Locality Ontiñena, Huesca, Aragón, Spain (Monotypic species)
Jesús Laborda 27 June 2005 4 years ago 30 sec 4 -
A bird on a fence, looking back and flying away Locality Los Llanos de Cáceres, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain (Monotypic species)
Juan Sanabria 28 February 2007 4 years ago 24 sec 3.3 -
A pair sitting on a fence Locality Los Llanos de Cáceres, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain (Monotypic species)
Juan Sanabria 28 February 2007 4 years ago 28 sec 3.3
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Chick waiting to be fed by magpie
Locality Belén, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
Brendan Marnell 20 April 2009 1 year ago 4.3 -
Recently fledged, waiting to be fed.
Locality Belén, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
Brendan Marnell 18 April 2009 2 years ago 4.2 -
Landed in a pivot field no trees anywhere near
Locality Pivot Farm, Mukaynis, Qatar
John A Thompson 12 March 2010 1 year ago 4.2 -
Juvenile? bird resting in the track, unconcerned about proximity of vehicle.
Locality Chobe National Park, North-West District, Botswana
ian wood 17 December 2011 2 weeks ago ADDED LAST MONTH 4.1 -
Male
Locality Trujillo, Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain
meulens 1 May 2011 35 weeks ago 3.8 -
Great spotted cuckoo, resting on a branch.
Locality Ávila, Castile and Leon, Spain
juan 6 June 2009 2 years ago 3.7
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