Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
Indian Cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus) - HBW 4, p. 553
French: Coucou à ailes courtes
German: Kurzflügelkuckuck
Spanish: Cuco Alicorto
Other common names: Short-winged Cuckoo
Taxonomy: Cuculus micropterus Gould, 1837, Himalayas.
Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- micropterus Gould, 1837 - Kashmir and Himalayan foothills S through India to Sri Lanka, and E through Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Thailand to E China, Mongolia, Korea and Russian Far East; winters S to Andaman and Nicobar Is, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java, Borneo and Philippines.
- concretus S. Müller, 1845 - Vietnam, S Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra, Java and Borneo.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult male singing in a tree close to a road. Locality Datanta Waterfall, Da Lat Plateau, Annam, Vietnam (ssp concretus)
Josep del Hoyo 20 April 2008 2 years ago 54 sec 3.8 -
An adult male in a tree, looking around and preening. Locality Datanta Waterfall, Da Lat Plateau, Annam, Vietnam (ssp concretus)
Josep del Hoyo 20 April 2008 2 years ago 33 sec 3 -
An adult male on a branch preening and then singing once. Locality Datanta Waterfall, Da Lat Plateau, Annam, Vietnam (ssp concretus)
Josep del Hoyo 20 April 2008 2 years ago 33 sec 3 -
An adult perched on a branch Locality Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India (ssp micropterus)
Anna Motis 17 April 2003 8 years ago 20 sec 3 -
An adult eating a worm on a branch Locality Kaziranga National Park, Assam, India (ssp micropterus)
Anna Motis 17 April 2003 8 years ago 21 sec 2.5
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Herd calling commonly in the high canopy Deodar and Pine Trees
Locality Pangot, Nainital District, Uttarakhand, India
jugal Tiwari 1 June 2011 34 weeks ago 2.7 -
From back: is it an Indian Cuckoo (Cuculus m. micropterus)?
Locality Doi Chiang Dao National Park, North Western Thailand, Thailand (ssp micropterus)
Alain Fossé 23 February 2007 2 years ago 2.5 -
A ventral view of an adult male on a branch.
Locality Da Lat, Da Lat Plateau, Annam, Vietnam
Josep del Hoyo 20 April 2008 2 years ago 2.5 -
An adult male perched.
Locality Da Lat, Da Lat Plateau, Annam, Vietnam (ssp concretus)
Josep del Hoyo 20 April 2008 2 years ago 2.5 -
A male singing perched on a branch at the riverine forest
Locality Koshi Tappu Wildlife Reserve, Nepal (ssp micropterus)
Luis Mario Arce 11 April 2009 2 years ago 1
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A bird singing.
Locality Panti Forest Reserve, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia
Josep del Hoyo 15 February 2010 1 year ago 3.5 -
An adult male singing next to a road. Locality Da Lat, Da Lat Plateau, Annam, Vietnam
(ssp concretus)
Josep del Hoyo 20 April 2008 2 years ago 3.3 -
Double cuckoo call Locality Jim Corbett National Park, Uttarakhand, India
(ssp micropterus)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 November 1996 1 year ago 3 -
A bird singing three times. Locality Ilistay River, Primorsky Krai, Eastern Russia, Russia
(ssp micropterus)
Josep del Hoyo 7 June 2009 2 years ago 2.7
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