Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
Yellowbill (Ceuthmochares aereus) - HBW 4, p. 573
French: Malcoha à bec jaune
German: Erzkuckuck
Spanish: Malcoha Africano
Other common names: Green Malkoha/Coucal
Taxonomy: Cuculus æreus Vieillot, 1817, Malembo, Cabinda (Angola).
Three subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- flavirostris (Swainson, 1837) - Gambia to Nigeria, W of R Niger.
- aereus (Vieillot, 1817) - Nigeria and Bioko (Fernando Póo) to S Sudan and W Kenya, and S through Zaire to Angola and N Zambia.
- australis Sharpe, 1873 - lowlands from Ethiopia and Kenya to Tanzania (including coastal islands), Malawi, Mozambique and coastal E South Africa.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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coming to the open Locality Kibale National Park, Uganda (ssp aereus)
Daniêl Jimenez 25 September 2010 2 years ago 37 sec 3.4 -
one moving through a bush Locality Ngaoundaba Ranch, Ngaoundéré, Adamawa Province, Cameroon (ssp aereus)
Martin Kennewell 16 March 2009 3 years ago 19 sec 2.9 -
hiden in the bush Locality Brufut, Western Division, The Gambia (ssp flavirostris)
Daniêl Jimenez 4 January 2012 1 year ago 29 sec 2.8 -
A bird moving in a tree Locality Nechisar National Park, Ethiopia (ssp australis)
Josep del Hoyo 17 December 2005 6 years ago 23 sec 2.3
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Adult high in canopy.
Locality Kakum National Park, Central Region, Ghana (ssp flavirostris)
Photo-ay 4 January 2010 3 years ago 3.3 -
A perched bird
Locality Muzi Pan, iSimangaliso Wetland Park, KwaZulu Natal Province, South Africa
Ken Havard 22 October 2007 3 years ago 2.8
- No sound recordings available yet
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