Mangoverde :: World Bird Guide :: Cuckoos :: Black Cuckoo

Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus

Described by: Latham (1801)
Alternate common name(s): None known by website authors
Old scientific name(s): Cuculus cafer

Photographs

Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa - Nov 16, 2003 © Alan Manson  Kakamega Forest, Kenya - Nov 10, 2007 © Brennan Mulrooney 
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Range

Sub-Saharan Africa;
(1) Senegambia(?), Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, s. Chad, Central African Republic, s. Sudan, w. and c. Ethiopia, Eritrea, c. Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, s. Angola and Namibia to s. South Africa.
(2) Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, Central African Republic, n. and ne. Zaire, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and w. Kenya.

Videos

No videos are available for this species

Sounds

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References

Clements, James F. Birds of the World: A Checklist. Vista, CA: Ibis Publishing Company, 2000.

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