- 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, eSwatini, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe
Photo by Alan Manson
Slanghoek, Western Cape, South Africa, January 2009
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. (2022) Klaas's Cuckoo. In: BirdForum, the forum for wild birds and birding. Retrieved 17 May 2022 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Klaas%27s_Cuckoo
