Black Cuckoo
Cuculus clamosus
IUCN: Least Concern
Taxonomy
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- Family
- Cuculidae
- Genus
- Cuculus
- eBird Code
- blacuc1
Vocalizations
Jan Ebr · CC_BY_4_0
Africa Gomez · CC0_1_0
Ferncliffe forest wilding · CC_BY_4_0
Ferncliffe forest wilding · CC_BY_4_0
Africa Gomez · CC0_1_0
Subspecies (2)
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Cuculus clamosus clamosus
highlands of Ethiopia and Somalia to eastern South Africa
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Cuculus clamosus gabonensis
Liberia eastward to Democratic Republic of the Congo, South Sudan, Uganda, and western Kenya
Data Sources
Bird images and sounds sourced from GBIF, contributed by citizen scientists worldwide under Creative Commons licenses.
Taxonomy data from AviList 2025.