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What the Klaas's Cuckoo sounds like
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Klaas's cuckoo is 16–18 cm (6.3–7.1 inches) in length. The species exhibits sexual dimorphism. Males have a glossy green body with few markings and plain white underparts. Females have a bronze-brown body, greenish wing coverts and faintly barred white underparts. Viewed in flight, the male is largely white with dark primaries and females appear mostly brown. Males and females both have a small white post-ocular patch.
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When to see the Klaas's Cuckoo
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 11 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Klaas's Cuckoo
The map shades 37 countries with regular records, and 4 more in a lighter tone where the bird turns up only as a stray. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
Recorded as a rare visitor in Eritrea, Somalia, Lesotho, Mauritania.
About the Klaas's Cuckoo
Klaas's cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae which is native to the wooded regions of sub-Saharan Africa. The specific name honours Klaas, the Khoikhoi man who collected the type specimen.
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Easily confused with
African Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreusThe African emerald cuckoo is sexually dimorphic.
Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx capriusThe diederik cuckoo is a smallish cuckoo at 18 to 20 cm.
Violet CuckooChrysococcyx xanthorhynchusThe males have glossy violet feathers on the head and upper parts of the body.
Side by side: Diederik Cuckoo vs Klaas's Cuckoo · Channel-billed Cuckoo vs Klaas's Cuckoo · African Emerald Cuckoo vs Klaas's Cuckoo · Klaas's Cuckoo vs Violet Cuckoo
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