Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
Jacobin Cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus) - HBW 4, p. 547
French: Coucou jacobin
German: Jakobinerkuckuck
Spanish: Críalo Blanquinegro
Other common names: Pied (Crested)/Black-and-white Cuckoo
Taxonomy: Cuculus Jacobinus Boddaert, 1783, Coromandel Coast.
Along with C. levaillantii sometimes placed in separate genus Oxylophus, owing to differences in plumage and wing shape. Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- serratus (Sparrman, 1786) - S Africa.
- pica (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833) - sub-Saharan Africa S to Tanzania and Zambia, and NW India to Nepal and Myanmar, occasionally S Tibet, in foothills of Mt Everest.
- jacobinus (Boddaert, 1783) - S India and Sri Lanka.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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An adult bird perched in a bush, flying away at the end. Locality Bundala National Park, Southern Province, Sri Lanka (ssp jacobinus)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 July 2007 2 years ago 23 sec 3.7 -
A recently fledged bird waiting to be fed Locality Etosha National Park, Kunene Region, Namibia (ssp pica)
Keith Blomerley 14 January 2007 4 years ago 23 sec 3.6 -
Bird singing Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 July 2006 2 years ago 15 sec 3.3 -
A bird on tree-top Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 4 August 2003 2 years ago 7 sec 3 -
A bird perched and flying to another tree Locality Samburu-Buffalo Springs National Reserves, Kenya (ssp pica)
Rigdon Currie 31 December 2002 3 years ago 10 sec 3 -
An adult perched on a branch and flying away Locality Baga, North Goa District, Goa, India (ssp jacobinus)
Tom Tarrant 31 October 1997 7 years ago 11 sec 3
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A bird perched
Locality Thengumarahada, The Nilgiris District, Tamil Nadu, India (ssp jacobinus)
vasanthan.p.j 5 November 2011 14 weeks ago 4.2 -
On a bush
Locality Marakollya, Southern Province, Sri Lanka
Guy Poisson 16 January 2011 1 year ago 4 -
A bird on a branch.
Locality Kolleru Lake, Andhra Pradesh, India
J.M. Garg 1 September 2008 2 years ago 4 -
A bird on a branch.
Locality Hyderabad, Hyderabad District, Andhra Pradesh, India
J.M. Garg 28 June 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Perched in a tree
Locality Salalah, Dhofar, Oman
John A Thompson 5 November 2011 13 weeks ago 3.8 -
A bird with a catterpillar.
Locality Kolleru Lake, Andhra Pradesh, India
J.M. Garg 1 September 2008 2 years ago 3.8
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Calls from perch Locality Jaipur District, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 July 2005 2 years ago 4.5 -
Calling from perch & on wing Locality Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 July 2003 2 years ago 4 -
Calls. Locality Mahango Game Reserve, Caprivi Region, Namibia
(ssp serratus )
Charles Hesse 20 November 2009 2 years ago 4 -
Calling on the wing Locality Keoladeo National Park, Bharatpur, Rajasthan, India
(ssp serratus)
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 July 1983 1 year ago 3
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