Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
Yellow-throated Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx flavigularis) - HBW 4, p. 565
French: Coucou à gorge jaune
German: Gelbkehlkuckuck
Spanish: Cuclillo Gorgigualdo
Other common names: Yellow-throated Green Cuckoo
Taxonomy: Chrysococcyx flavigularis Shelley, 1880, Elmina, Ghana.
Birds in Cameroon, Zaire and Uganda recently described as race parkesi based on darker belly and undertail-coverts of a few female and young male specimens, but most appear to be indistinguishable from those in W of range. Monotypic.
Distribution: Forest zone from Sierra Leone and Ghana through Nigeria, S Cameroon and Gabon to Zaire, SW Sudan and SW Uganda.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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male in canopy, directly overhead Locality Semliki National Park, Uganda (Monotypic species)
Martin Kennewell 9 June 2004 2 years ago 49 sec 3
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A perched male
Locality Kakum National Park, Central Region, Ghana
Chris and Megan Perkins 11 February 2011 1 year ago 3.5 -
Male perched
Locality Antwikwaa, Kakum National Park, Central Region, Ghana (Monotypic species)
Nik Borrow 25 April 2009 3 years ago 3.2
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