Birds of the World

    CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae (Cuckoos)  
Genus: Cuculus (11 species)


Common Cuckoo
Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Range: PAL: widespread
England  
 
Photograph by Stephen G. Davis   © All Rights Reserved.


Black Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo (Cuculus clamosus clamosus)
Range: AF: widespread
Bramasole Guest House, South Africa
  Note white-tipped tail.
 
Photograph by Bruno Conjeaud   © All Rights Reserved.

Black Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo (Cuculus clamosus gabonensis)
Range: AF: widespread
Murchison Falls National Park, Uganda  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info

The two subspecies of Black Cuckoo are very different.

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Sulawesi Cuckoo (Cuculus crassirostris)
Range: AU: Sulawesi
 



African Cuckoo
African Cuckoo (Cuculus gularis)
Range: AF: widespread
Sakania, Democratic Republic of Congo  
 
Photograph by Nigel Voaden   © All Rights Reserved.


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Sunda Cuckoo (Cuculus lepidus)
Range: OR: montane Malay Pen., Greater and Lesser Sundas and Seram (ec Moluccas)
 



Indian Cuckoo
Indian Cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus) Immature
Range: OR, PAL: widespread India through se, ne Asia to Greater Sundas
Bidadari, Singapore  
 
Photograph by Wokoti   © All Rights Reserved.

Indian Cuckoo
Indian Cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus concretus) Immature
Range: OR, PAL: widespread India through se, ne Asia to Greater Sundas
Bidadari, Singapore  
 
Photograph by Wokoti   © All Rights Reserved.


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Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus optatus)
Range: PAL: w Russia and Kazakhstan through ne Russia to Japan
   



Lesser Cuckoo
Lesser Cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
Range: PAL, OR: se Siberia and Japan to s China, n se Asia and the Himalayas
Sri Lanka  
 
Photograph by Bob Du   © All Rights Reserved.

Comes in grey and rufous morphs.

Madagascar Cuckoo
Madagascar Cuckoo (Cuculus rochii)
Range: AF: Madagascar
Kirindy Private Reserve, Morondava, Madagascar  
 
Photograph by Allan Hopkins     Copyright and usage info


Himalayan Cuckoo
Himalayan Cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)
Range: OR: Himalayas through se Asia to e China and Taiwan
 
 
Photograph by Hiyashi Haka (Kevin Lin)     Copyright and usage info


Red-chested Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo (Cuculus solitarius)
Range: AF: widespread
Bramasole Guest House, South Africa  
 
Photograph by Bruno Conjeaud   © All Rights Reserved.

Red-chested Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo (Cuculus solitarius)
Range: AF: widespread
Ankasa Conservation Area, Ghana  
 
Photograph by Nik Borrow     Copyright and usage info



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