Cuculus gularis2025-06-10T13:30:55+00:00

Cuculus gularis  African Cuckoo Afrikaanse Koekoek

Kaingo Private Game Reserve, Dec 2022

Modimolle, Jan 2021
Immature bird being fed by Fork-tailed Drongos
Modimolle, Jan 2019
Dinaka, Feb 2018
A breeding summer visitor, present between Oct and Mar. Uncommon, though recorded widely across the Waterberg (recorded in 15% of the Waterberg pentads); in any woodland; its presence is mostly given away by its far-carrying “coop-coop” call; it becomes silent after Dec and much less detectable then. Breeds in summer parasitizing the Fork-tailed Drongo.