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Windhoek, Namibia

Cuculus gularis

[edit] Identification

Length 32-34 cm
Similar to the Common Cuckoo but has more yellow at the base of the bill, the outer tail is barred (rather than spotted), and the vent is more boldly barred.

[edit] Distribution

Widespread throughout sub-Saharan Africa
Western Africa: Mauritania, The Gambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Mali, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Niger, Chad, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Angola
Eastern Africa: Sudan, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania, Zambia, Mozambique, Malawi
Southern Africa: Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, South Africa, KwaZulu-Natal, Swaziland

[edit] Taxonomy

Monotypic.

[edit] Habitat

Open woodlands, savanna, and wooded ecoptopes in more arid areas (such as tall riverine woodlands in the Kalahari).

[edit] Behaviour

Poorly known. Forages in trees and shrubs and on the ground; mainly eats caterpillars.

[edit] Vocalisation

Similar to that of the African Hoopoe; oo-oo.

[edit] Breeding

A brood parasite; hosts are Fork-tailed Drongo and Yellow-billed Shrike.

[edit] References

1. Clements, JF. 2008. The Clements Checklist of Birds of the World. 6th ed., with updates to December 2008. Ithaca: Cornell Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0801445019.
2. Hockey, PAR, WRJ Dean, and PG Ryan, eds. 2005. Roberts' Birds of Southern Africa. 7th ed. Cape Town: John Voelcker Bird Book Fund. ISBN 978-0620340533
3. Sinclair, I and P Ryan. 2003. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691118154

1. Avibase

• List of references

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