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Song & Call Comparison
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Song & Call Comparison
Guira Cuckoo
さえずり
Loud, gurgling call with hollow quality; distinctive multi-tonal sound carrying across open African savanna.
Thick-billed Cuckoo
さえずり
Deep, hollow resonant booming; powerful low notes carrying through dense humid Southeast Asian forest.
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Geographic Range & Migration
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Geographic Range & Migration
Guira Cuckoo
Found in open habitats across South America east of the Andes from Brazil to Argentina. Resident and gregarious.
Thick-billed Cuckoo
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Conservation Status Comparison
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保全状況
Least Concern
Guira Cuckoo
Least Concern
Thick-billed Cuckoo
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Identification Tips — How to Tell Them Apart
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How to Tell Them Apart
Guira Cuckoo
羽毛
Broad-billed Bronze-cuckoo: bronze-green above; broadly barred white below; wide bars; reddish eye; Australian bronze cuckoo
Thick-billed Cuckoo
羽毛
Long-tailed Koel: males blue-black; females barred brown; very long tail; red eye; Pacific island koel; strongly dimorphic
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About Each Bird (Descriptions)
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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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Related Comparisons
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