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Great
Spotted Cuckoo courting calls
(Clamator glandarius)
Marco Dragonetti XC29804
13-04-2006, Italy |
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Alternate name |
| Clamator glandarius |
Scientific name |
| Cuculiformes |
Order |
| Cuculidae |
Family |
| 35-39 cm |
Length |
| Shrubland, savanna
& grassland, between 500 - 2,000 m, in:- Albania, Algeria, Angola, Armenia,
Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Benin, Bosnia,
Botswana, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad,
Congo, Democratic Rep. of
Congo, Corse, Cote d'Ivoire, Crete, Croatia, Cyprus,
Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Egypt, England,
Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Finland, France,
Gabon, Gambia, Germany,
Ghana, Gibraltar, Greece,
Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gulf of Guinea Islands, Iran,
Iraq, Ireland, Israel,
Italy, Jordan, Kenya,
Kuwait, Lebanon, Lesotho,
Liberia, Libya, Macedonia,
Madeira, Malawi, Mali,
Malta, Mauritania, Moldova, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Netherlands, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman,
Poland, Portugal, Qatar,
Rwanda, Sardinia, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Sicilia, Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro, Seychelles,
Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Somalia, South Africa, Spain, Sudan, Swaziland,
Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania, Togo,
Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, Wales, Yemen,
Zambia & Zimbabwe. |
Habitat-Altitude-Range |
| Up to 9 eggs, young
may be raised with hosts. |
Clutch |
| Large insects, larvae. |
Food Diet |
| Hosts include :-
starlings, myna and crows. |
Habits |
| 1192 |
World Number |
Least
Concern |
Status |
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