Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
Levaillant's Cuckoo (Clamator levaillantii) - HBW 4, p. 547
French: Coucou de Levaillant
German: Kapkuckuck
Spanish: Críalo Listado
Other common names: (African) Striped Cuckoo, Striped Crested Cuckoo
Taxonomy: Coccyzus levaillantii Swainson, 1829, Senegal.
Along with C. jacobinus sometimes placed in separate genus Oxylophus, owing to differences in plumage and wing shape. Formerly listed as C. cafer, but that species name was in fact applicable instead to Cuculus clamosus. Monotypic.
Distribution: Africa S of Sahara, breeding Sahel to E and S Africa. In non-breeding season ranges to C Africa and coastal W Africa.
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A perched bird singing and then changing branches Locality Buhoma, Bwindi Impenetrable National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Josep del Hoyo 8 September 2006 4 years ago 35 sec 4.3 -
An adult foraging in bushes in the forest. Locality Abuko Nature Reserve, Abuko, Western Division, The Gambia (Monotypic species)
Pieter de Groot Boersma 1 November 2008 2 years ago 25 sec 4 -
pale phase adult in tree at dusk, moves position (there is a second bird in the background) Locality Negele Borana scrub, Negele Arsi, Oromia Region, Ethiopia (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 31 October 2010 1 year ago 25 sec 3.7
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Those two young birds were feeded by a Brown Babbler (Turdoides plebejus). The cuckoo is on the left.
Locality Kédougou Region, Senegal
Hervé MICHEL 1 January 2006 2 years ago 3.3
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Calls. 5:59am. 2 birds in open forest near camp site. Locality Nylsvley Nature Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa
(Monotypic species)
Charles Hesse 21 December 2009 2 years ago 3
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