Diederik Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx caprius(Boddaert, P, 1783)
English (US) Diederik Cuckoo
The Diederik Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cuculidae (Cuckoos) in the order Cuculiformes.
Range: intra-African migrant in sub-Saharan Africa and southern ArabiaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Chrysococcyx caprius
- Family
- Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Diederik Cuckoo
- Described by
- (Boddaert, P, 1783)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cuculus caprius
- Described by
- (Boddaert, P, 1783)
- Type locality
- Cape of Good Hope, ex Daubenton, PI. enlum., no. 657.
- Original description
- Table des planches enluminéez d'histoire naturelle de M. D'Aubenton p.40
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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