Cuckoos

Klaas's Cuckoo

Chrysococcyx klaas

The Klaas's Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx klaas) is a 27 g scrub bird that eats mostly insects and other invertebrates. It stays put all year.

Family

Cuckoos

Order

Cuculiformes

Weight

27 g

Habitat

Shrubland

Diet

Invertebrates

Migration

Resident

Countries recorded

30

Recorded in South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Nigeria, Ghana, Zimbabwe, eSwatini, Zambia, Gambia, Namibia, Mozambique, Ethiopia, Malawi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Cameroon, Botswana, Angola, Senegal, Côte d'Ivoire, Liberia, Benin, Guinea-Bissau, Burkina Faso, Eq. Guinea, Guinea, Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Sierra Leone.

Where to see it: Yekepa (Liberia); Mopri (Côte d'Ivoire); African Bible College University campus (Liberia); Fleuve Mono NT Boat Trip (Togo); Rápidos de Surire, south of Saltinho, Tombali (Guinea-Bissau).

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