Thick-billed Cuckoo

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The Thick-billed Cuckoo is classified as Least Concern. Does not qualify for a more at risk category. Widespread and abundant taxa are included in this category.

The Thick-billed Cuckoo (Pachycoccyx audeberti) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is monotypic within the genus Pachycoccyx. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. References - * BirdLife International 2004. More

a picture of the Thick-billed Cuckoo on page 204. The Thick-billed Cuckoo belongs to the family of birds classified as cuculidae. The map of the Kruger you see on this page shows the areas (coloured orange) where this bird has been identified. The basic information was provided by the Avian Demographic Unit based at UCT and I created the maps from that information ... More

Distribution of Thick-billed cuckoo in southern Africa, based on statistical smoothing of the records from first SA Bird Atlas Project (© Animal Demography unit, University of Cape Town; smoothing by Birgit Erni and Francesca Little). Colours range from dark blue (most common) through to yellow (least common). See here for the latest distribution from the SABAP2. More

The Thick-billed Cuckoo lives in Deciduous Forest and Wetland. Answer verified with Encyclopedia.com Get more facts and information about Thick-billed cuckoo at Encyclopedia.com. More

Order : Cuculiformes
Family : Cuculidae
Genus : Pachycoccyx
Species : audeberti
Authority : (Schlegel, 1879)