African Cuckoo vs Thick-billed Cuckoo

Cuculus gularis so với Pachycoccyx audeberti

Side-by-Side Comparison

Thuộc Tính African Cuckoo Thick-billed Cuckoo
Tên Khoa Học Cuculus gularis Pachycoccyx audeberti
Bộ Cuculiformes Cuculiformes
Họ Cuculidae Cuculidae
Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn Least Concern Least Concern
Chiều Dài
Chiều Dài Sải Cánh 41,8 cm (16.5 in) 44,1 cm (17.4 in)
Khối Lượng 105,0 g (3.70 oz) 104,0 g (3.67 oz)
Chế Độ Ăn -- --
Số Trứng -- --
Population Trend

Habitat Comparison

Môi Trường Sống Chung

African Cuckoo only

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Thick-billed Cuckoo only

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Song & Call Comparison

African Cuckoo

Tiếng Hót

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

Thick-billed Cuckoo

Tiếng Hót

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

Tình Trạng Bảo Tồn

Least Concern

African Cuckoo

Least Concern

Thick-billed Cuckoo

How to Tell Them Apart

African Cuckoo

Bộ Lông

African Cuckoo: gray above; white below with rufous barring; long dark tail; yellow eye-ring; African migrant similar to Common

Thick-billed Cuckoo

About These Birds

African Cuckoo

African Cuckoo (Cuculus gularis) — 32–35 cm. Very similar to Common Cuckoo; grey above; barred below; yellow bill base and orbital ring; long tail. Migratory intra-African breeder across sub-Saharan woodland and savanna. Brood parasite primarily targeting fork-tailed drongos. Insectivore.

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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