Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo
Cercococcyx montanus
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- Family
- Cuculidae
- Genus
- Cercococcyx
- eBird Code
- bltcuc1
Subspecies (2)
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Cercococcyx montanus montanus
resident in montane forest of the Albertine Rift (southwestern Uganda, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Rwanda)
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Cercococcyx montanus patulus
incompletely known; breeds in highlands from Kenya south to Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique; possibly also breeds in lowlands in Tanzania; departs highland breeding areas, with at least some of the population migrating west to eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
Data Sources
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.