Black Cuckoo
Cuculus clamosusLatham, J, 1801
English (US) Black Cuckoo
The Black Cuckoo (Cuculus clamosus) 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.
- Scientific name
- Cuculus clamosus
- Family
- Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Black Cuckoo
- Described by
- Latham, J, 1801
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Add Your ExpertiseRecognised subspecies
The AviList checklist recognises 2 subspecies for this species.
- Cuculus clamosus gabonensis
- Cuculus clamosus clamosus
Taxonomic history
- Described by
- Latham, J, 1801
- Type locality
- Cape of Good Hope = Cradock Division, Cape Province, fide Grant and Mackworth-Praed, Bull. Brit. Orn. CI., 56, 1936, p. 116.
- Original description
- Supplementum indicis ornithologici, sive systematis ornithologiæ p.xxx
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo
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Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo
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Red-chested Cuckoo
Cuculus solitarius
Lesser Cuckoo
Cuculus poliocephalus
Sulawesi Cuckoo
Cuculus crassirostris
Indian Cuckoo
Cuculus micropterus
African Cuckoo
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Madagascar Cuckoo
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