Cclamosu

Species fact sheet by Global Register of Migratory Species - www.groms.de

Cuculus clamosus

Latham, 1801

Family: Cuculidae

Order: Cuculiformes

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Black cuckoo

Schwarzkuckuck

Coucou criard

Cuco negro

CMS NL

Redlist 2000 (Criteria) NL

CITES NL

(Europe: SPEC threat status )

Migration: partial

intracontinental

Cuculus clamosus

Race gabonensis is sedentary in forests in W & C Africa. Race clamosus is migratory in S Africa, where it sings and is present mainly Sept - Dec but also remains until Mar; migrates to equatorial and W Africa N of the forest zone, where may breed irregularly; present mainly Mar - Nov in Sierra Leone, where race gabonensis unknown; occurs in all months locally in E Africa.
(del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1997) - www.hbw.com )

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