Indian Cuckoo vs Thick-billed Cuckoo

Cuculus micropterus comparado con Pachycoccyx audeberti

Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Indian Cuckoo Thick-billed Cuckoo
Nombre científico Cuculus micropterus Pachycoccyx audeberti
Orden Cuculiformes Cuculiformes
Familia Cuculidae Cuculidae
Estado de conservación Least Concern Least Concern
Longitud
Envergadura 39,3 cm (15.5 in) 44,1 cm (17.4 in)
Peso 120,5 g (4.25 oz) 104,0 g (3.67 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamaño de la puesta -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Hábitats compartidos

Indian Cuckoo only

Ninguno

Thick-billed Cuckoo only

Ninguno

Song & Call Comparison

Indian Cuckoo

Canto

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

Canto

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

Estado de conservación

Least Concern

Indian Cuckoo

Least Concern

Thick-billed Cuckoo

How to Tell Them Apart

Indian Cuckoo

Plumaje

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

Cuco de ala corta (Cuculus micropterus) — Cuco del sur y sudeste de Asia. Llamativo canto de cuatro notas. Parásito de nidos. Habita en bosques tropicales y subtropicales, desde la India hasta el sur de China y el sudeste asiático.

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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