| Klaas's
Cuckoo |
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Bird Order |
 |
|
Alternate name |
| Chrysococcyx
klaas |
Scientific name |
| Cuculiformes |
Order |
| Cuculidae |
Family |
| 17 - 18cm |
Length |
| Moist lowland forest,
dry savanna & shrubland, uo to 3,000m in:- Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African
Republic, Chad, Congo, Democratic Rep. of
Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, [Gulf of Guinea Islands:-
Bioko, Principe, ] Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. |
Habitat-Altitude-Range |
| 1 per host, incubation
10-12 days. Yound evict hosts eggs & young, fledge 20-21 days. |
Clutch |
| Insects, larvae,
mainly caterpillars. Hosts egg. |
Food Diet |
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Habits |
| 1232 |
World Number |
Least
Concern |
Status |
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