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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
Length 16-18 cm. | Length 16-18 cm. | ||
Revision as of 00:56, 27 February 2010
- Chrysococcyx klaas
Identification
Length 16-18 cm.
Adult male: Glossy-green upper parts with a white patch behind the eye. Under parts white.
Adult female: Bronzy-brown above and white with fine brown bars below.
Distribution
Africa and southern Arabian Peninsula: Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
Taxonomy
Monotypic.
Habitat
Forest, woodland, savanna, parks and gardens.
Behaviour
Breeding
A brood parasite. Hosts include Batises, small warblers and sunbirds.
References
- 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
- Sinclair, I and P Ryan. 2003. Birds of Africa South of the Sahara. Princeton: Princeton Univ. Press. ISBN 978-0691118154
Recommended Citation
- BirdForum Opus contributors. (2024) Klaas's Cuckoo. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 16 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Klaas%27s_Cuckoo
