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

Clamator levaillantii

(Swainson, 1829)

Oxylophus levaillantii

Family: Cuculidae

Order: Cuculiformes

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Levaillant's cuckoo

Kapkuckuck

Coucou de Levaillant

Crialo listado

CMS NL

Redlist 2000 (Criteria) NL

CITES NL

(Europe: SPEC threat status )

Migration: intracontinental

sedentary in equatorial regions

Clamator levaillantii

Intra-African migrant; seasonal in S Africa, resident or partly migratory in equatorial regions. Distinct black morph occurs Mar - Sept in coastal Kenya. Seen mainly in rainy season; in W Africa moves into northern woodlands with rains and into S Guinea woodlands for dry season, though in Sierra Leone some birds present in all habitats throughout year. In Gabon, non-breeders appear in dry season in Dec.
(del Hoyo J A Elliott; J Sargatal (eds) (1997) - www.hbw.com )

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