Birds

Introduction The Black Cuckoo, Cuculus clamosus, is a medium-sized African cuckoo recognised by its dark plumage, repetitive call and secretive

Introduction The Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo (Cercococcyx montanus) is a secretive African cuckoo associated with montane and submontane forests. It is

Introduction The Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo (Cacomantis castaneiventris) is a secretive cuckoo of northern Australia and New Guinea. It is usually detected

Introduction The Pallid Cuckoo, Heteroscenes pallidus, is a medium-sized cuckoo of open Australian habitats. It is best known for its

Introduction The Shining Bronze-Cuckoo (Chalcites lucidus) is a small, iridescent cuckoo of Australasia and the south-western Pacific. It is often

Introduction The Black-eared Cuckoo (Chalcites osculans) is a small Australian cuckoo associated mainly with dry woodland, mallee and open shrubland.

Introduction Horsfield’s Bronze Cuckoo (Chalcites basalis) is a small Australian cuckoo and an obligate brood parasite. Rather than building its

Introduction The African Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus) is a small, often elusive cuckoo of sub-Saharan Africa. It is best known

Introduction Klaas’s Cuckoo, Chrysococcyx klaas, is a small African cuckoo recognised by the male’s glossy green plumage, contrasting white underparts

Introduction The Diederik Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius) is a small Afrotropical cuckoo recognised for its metallic green plumage, distinctive call and

Introduction The Thick-billed Cuckoo (Pachycoccyx audeberti) is a large, elusive African cuckoo of woodland, forest edge and gallery forest. It

Introduction The Jacobin Cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus), also known as the Pied Cuckoo or Pied Crested Cuckoo, is a medium-sized brood-parasitic