Thick-billed Cuckoo

About the Thick-billed Cuckoo

The thick-billed cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is monotypic within the genus Pachycoccyx. It can easily be distinguished from other brood parasitic cuckoo species by its very thick bill, which is shaped in a rather hawk-like fashion.

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Where the Thick-billed Cuckoo lives

Recorded as a rare visitor in Benin, Congo - Brazzaville, Sierra Leone.

When to see the Thick-billed Cuckoo

Peak activity in November · a variable species across most of its range

Easily confused with

Rufous CoucalCentropus unirufusFurther work should be done on this species' taxonomy as it is generally believed that its behaviour and appearance are more similar to that of a Malkoha rather than a Coucal. White-crowned CuckooCaliechthrus leucolophusThe white-crowned cuckoo or white-crowned koel is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. Pearly-breasted CuckooCoccyzus euleriThe pearly-breasted cuckoo is 25 to 28 cm (9.8 to 11 in) long, about half of which is the tail.