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− | + | [[Image:Klaas cuckoo3.jpg|thumb|550px|right|Photo by {{user|Scottishdude|Scottishdude}} <br />[[The Gambia]]West Africa, March, 2010]] | |
− | [[Image: | + | ==Identification== |
+ | Length 16-18 cm. | ||
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+ | '''Adult male:''' Glossy-green upper parts with a white patch behind the eye. Under parts white. | ||
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+ | '''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]] | ||
+ | [[Image:2009_01_19g_KlaassCuckoo_AlanManson.jpg|thumb|450px|right|Male [[Cape Batis]] feeding juvenile <br />Photo by {{user|Alan+Manson|Alan Manson}} <br />Slanghoek, Western Cape, [[South Africa]], January 2009]] | ||
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+ | ==Taxonomy== | ||
+ | Monotypic. | ||
+ | ==Habitat== | ||
+ | Forest, woodland, savanna, parks and gardens. | ||
+ | ==Behaviour== | ||
+ | ====Breeding==== | ||
+ | A brood parasite. Hosts include Batises, small warblers and sunbirds. | ||
+ | ==References== | ||
+ | #{{Ref-Hockeyetal05}}#{{Ref-SinclairRyan03}} | ||
+ | {{ref}} | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
+ | {{GSearch|"Chrysococcyx klaas" {{!}} "Klaas's Cuckoo"}} | ||
+ | {{GS-checked}}1 | ||
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− | [[Category:Birds]] | + | [[Category:Birds]] [[Category:Chrysococcyx]] |
Latest revision as of 20:16, 1 July 2023
- 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
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 29 April 2024 from https://www.birdforum.net/opus/Klaas%27s_Cuckoo
External Links
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