Black Cuckoo

Cuculus clamosus - Coucou criard

Coucou criard
adult
Systematics
  • Order 
    :

    Cuculiformes

  • Family
    :

    Cuculidés

  • Genus
    :

    Cuculus

  • Species
    :

    clamosus

Descriptor

Latham, 1801

Biometrics
  • Size
    : 31 cm
  • Wingspan
    : -
  • Weight
    : -
Geographic range

Distribution

Identification

Coucou criard
adult
Coucou criard
adult

Black Cuckoo (Cuculus clamosus) is a species of bird in the Cuculidae family.

Subspecific information 2 subspecies

  • Cuculus clamosus clamosus (n and c Ethiopia and e and c Kenya to s Angola and South Africa)
  • Cuculus clamosus gabonensis (Liberia to sw Ethiopia, w Kenya and nw Angola)

Foreign names

  • Coucou criard,
  • Cuco negro,
  • cuco-preto,
  • Schwarzkuckuck,
  • fekete kakukk,
  • Zwarte Koekoek,
  • Cuculo nero,
  • svartgök,
  • Svartgjøk,
  • kukučka tmavá,
  • kukačka subsaharská,
  • Sortgøg,
  • mustakäki,
  • Swartkoekoek,
  • cucut negre,
  • kukułka czarna,
  • Чёрная кукушка,
  • クロカッコウ,
  • 黑杜鹃,
  • 黑杜鵑,

Voice song and cries

Habitat

Coucou criard
adult

Forest : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist Lowland ; Savanna : Dry ; Shrubland : Subtropical/Tropical Dry, Subtropical/Tropical Moist ; Grassland : Temperate

Geographic range

Threats - protection

IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
Near
threatened
Not
evaluated
EX EW CR EN VU NT LC NE

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