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Cuculus rochii (Madagascar cuckoo)
Madagaskarkoekoek [Afrikaans]; Madagaskarkoekoek [Dutch]; Coucou de
Madagascar [French]; Madagaskar-kuckuck [German]; Cuco-malgaxe
[Portuguese]
Life
> Eukaryotes >
Opisthokonta
> Metazoa (animals) >
Bilateria >
Deuterostomia > Chordata >
Craniata > Vertebrata (vertebrates) > Gnathostomata (jawed
vertebrates) > Teleostomi (teleost fish) > Osteichthyes (bony fish) > Class:
Sarcopterygii (lobe-finned
fish) > Stegocephalia (terrestrial
vertebrates) > Tetrapoda
(four-legged vertebrates) > Reptiliomorpha > Amniota >
Reptilia (reptiles) >
Romeriida > Diapsida > Archosauromorpha > Archosauria >
Dinosauria
(dinosaurs) > Saurischia > Theropoda (bipedal predatory dinosaurs) >
Coelurosauria > Maniraptora > Aves
(birds) >
Order: Cuculiformes > Family: Cuculidae
Distribution and habitat
Breeds across much of Madagascar, heading west in the
non-breeding season to eastern and central Africa, from Uganda and Kenya south
through Tanzania, eastern Zambia and DRC, Malawi and southern Africa. It is
a vagrant to central Mozambique and adjacent Zimbabwe, generally preferring
forest and woodland, such as Acacia savanna.
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Distribution of Madagascar 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). |
Movements and migrations
Present in mainland Africa from
April-September.
References
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Hockey PAR, Dean WRJ and Ryan PG 2005. Roberts
- Birds of southern Africa, VIIth ed. The Trustees of the John Voelcker
Bird Book Fund, Cape Town.
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