Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
Horsfield's Cuckoo (Cuculus horsfieldi) - HBW 4, p. 555
French: Coucou asiatique
German: Horsfieldkuckuck
Spanish: Cuco de Horsfield
Other common names: Oriental Cuckoo (with C. saturatus); Northern Muted Cuckoo
Taxonomy: Cuculus horsfieldi F. Moore, 1857, Java.
Often regarded as a subspecies of C. saturatus, but the songs of the two are distinct (see page 512). Monotypic.
Distribution: European Russia E through Siberia to Kamchatka, S to Kazakhstan, the Altai, Mongolia and N China, Korea and Japan. Winters from SE Asia to Australia.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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Single bird resting on eucalypt. Locality Kobble Creek, Queensland, Australia
Tom Tarrant 7 February 2009 4 years ago 45 sec 3 -
A bird in a tree. Locality Vostretsovo, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 12 June 2009 3 years ago 26 sec 2.3
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Birds were feasting on a plague of hairy-caterpillars and were much easier to approach than usual.
Locality Dayboro, Queensland, Australia
Tom Tarrant 12 January 2003 4 years ago 4 -
Bird resting after large meal of hairy-caterpillars.
Locality Dayboro, Queensland, Australia
Tom Tarrant 12 January 2003 4 years ago 3.7
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A male singing. Locality Southern Urals, Ural Mountains, Western Russia, Russia
Oleg_Muradov 7 June 2010 3 years ago 3.5 -
bird calling Locality Hachijojima, Izu Islands, Japan
Desmond Allen 1 May 2000 3 years ago 3
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