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What the Red-chested Cuckoo sounds like
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The red-chested cuckoo is a medium-size cuckoo about 31 cm (12.2 in) in length. The male has slate-grey upper parts, pale grey throat and sides of head and dark grey tail tipped with white. The breast is rufous or cinnamon, often with barring, and the belly is creamy-white or pale buff. The female is similar but the colour of the breast is duller and with variable amounts of barring.
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When to see the Red-chested Cuckoo
One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 5 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is November, the month with the most records.
Where to see the Red-chested Cuckoo
The map shades 33 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.
About the Red-chested Cuckoo
The red-chested cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is a medium-sized bird found in Africa, south of the Sahara. In Afrikaans, it is known as "Piet-my-vrou", after its call.
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Easily confused with
Indian CuckooCuculus micropterusThis is a medium-sized cuckoo with both sexes alike.
Black CuckooCuculus clamosusThe black cuckoo is a medium-sized cuckoo.
Oriental CuckooCuculus optatusIt is 30–32 centimetres long with a wingspan of 51–57 centimetres and a weight of 73–156 grams.
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