Birds of the World

    CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae (Cuckoos)  
Genus: Cercococcyx (3 species)


Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo (Cercococcyx mechowi)
Range: AF: Sierra Leone to Uganda, e DR Congo and n Angola
Anaksa National Park, Ghana  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

A 2019 paper suggests the eastern and western populations of this species should be considered distinct species. The western would be called the Whistling Long-tailed Cuckoo.

Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo
Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo (Cercococcyx montanus montanus)
Range: AF: e, se
Echuya Forest, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info


Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo (Cercococcyx olivinus)
Range: AF: Guinea to Uganda and e DR Congo, Gabon, Angola and Zambia
Ankasa National Park, Ghana  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info



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