Indian Cuckoo vs Thick-billed Cuckoo

Cuculus micropterus مقارنةً بـ Pachycoccyx audeberti

Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة Indian Cuckoo Thick-billed Cuckoo
الاسم العلمي Cuculus micropterus Pachycoccyx audeberti
الرتبة Cuculiformes Cuculiformes
الفصيلة Cuculidae Cuculidae
حالة الحفاظ Least Concern Least Concern
الطول
طول الجناح 39,3 cm (15.5 in) 44,1 cm (17.4 in)
الوزن 120,5 g (4.25 oz) 104,0 g (3.67 oz)
النظام الغذائي -- --
عدد البيض في الوضع -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

Indian Cuckoo only

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Thick-billed Cuckoo only

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Song & Call Comparison

Indian Cuckoo

الغناء

Loud, far-carrying raucous call; harsh penetrating notes given from tall dense forest canopy. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

Thick-billed Cuckoo

الغناء

Deep, hollow resonant booming; powerful low notes carrying through dense humid Southeast Asian forest.

حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Indian Cuckoo

Least Concern

Thick-billed Cuckoo

How to Tell Them Apart

Indian Cuckoo

الريش

Indian Cuckoo: gray above; white below with bold dark barring; four-note call; long dark tail; yellow eye-ring; common Asian species

Thick-billed Cuckoo

About These Birds

Indian Cuckoo

Indian Cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus) — 32–34 cm. Grey above; barred underparts; yellow orbital ring; broad dark subterminal tail band. Migratory; widespread from India through Southeast Asia and China to Korea and Japan. Brood parasite targeting drongos and other medium passerines. Insectivore. Famous four-note 'one more bottle' call.

Thick-billed Cuckoo

Thick-billed Cuckoo (Pachycoccyx audeberti) — 32–36 cm. Hawk-like; dark brown above; white below with fine dark streaking; thick, strongly curved bill. Inhabits woodland and savanna of East and Central Africa from Tanzania to Malawi and Mozambique. Brood parasite targeting helmet-shrikes (Prionops). Insectivore. Rare and locally distributed.

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