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Levaillant's Cuckoo

Clamator levaillantii (Swainson, WJ 1829)

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
Levaillant's Cuckoo - Clamator levaillantii Marc Languy 2025-06-25 Forêt de Bängr-Weoogo, Ouagadougou, Kadiogo (Burkina Faso) (280 m) call - [sono] 1009407
xeno-canto.org
Levaillant's Cuckoo - Clamator levaillantii isaac kilusu 2021-12-12 Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m) adult, call, sex uncertain -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

692094
xeno-canto.org
Levaillant's Cuckoo - Clamator levaillantii Byiringiro Pacifique 2024-12-20 , Est (Rwanda)   -   628970942
macaulaylibrary.org
Levaillant's Cuckoo - Clamator levaillantii Joost van Bruggen 2018-10-17 Serrekunda, Kanifing Municipal Council, West Coast Region, Western (Gambia) (10 m) song -

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

440317
xeno-canto.org
Levaillant's Cuckoo - Clamator levaillantii isaac kilusu 2020-01-11 Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m) adult, call, sex uncertain -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

615094
xeno-canto.org
Levaillant's Cuckoo - Clamator levaillantii Roger McNeill 2023-11-05 , Gauteng (South Africa)   -   652295690
macaulaylibrary.org
Levaillant's Cuckoo - Clamator levaillantii Roger McNeill 2023-11-05 , Gauteng (South Africa)   -   652244910
macaulaylibrary.org
Levaillant's Cuckoo - Clamator levaillantii isaac kilusu 2020-01-14 Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m) adult, call, sex uncertain -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

615093
xeno-canto.org
Levaillant's Cuckoo - Clamator levaillantii Marc Languy 2025-06-25 Forêt de Bängr-Weoogo, Ouagadougou, Kadiogo (Burkina Faso) (280 m) call - [sono] 1009408
xeno-canto.org
Levaillant's Cuckoo - Clamator levaillantii Tony Archer 2018-12-26 Klerksdorp, Southern DC, North West, Klerksdorp (South Africa) (1500 m) call -

Bird had striped throat that I could see.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:yes

447537
xeno-canto.org
Levaillant's Cuckoo - Clamator levaillantii Roger McNeill 2023-11-05 , Gauteng (South Africa)   -   652294696
macaulaylibrary.org
Levaillant's Cuckoo - Clamator levaillantii Steve Hampton 2013-07-02 Botanical Gardens, University of Ghana, Accra, Greater Accra (Ghana) (70 m) song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

142228
xeno-canto.org
Levaillant's Cuckoo - Clamator levaillantii James Bradley 2020-03-06 Ruma National Park, Homa Bay (Kenya) (1200 m) call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

537205
xeno-canto.org
Levaillant's Cuckoo - Clamator levaillantii Peter Boesman 2018-06-23 Janjanbureh, Janjanbureh, Central River, Central River (Gambia) (10 m) call -

Long series of interaction calls of several birds.

425566
xeno-canto.org
Levaillant's Cuckoo - Clamator levaillantii Peter Boesman 2018-06-23 Janjanbureh, Janjanbureh, Central River, Central River (Gambia) (10 m) call, song -

Song and calls in flight.

425558
xeno-canto.org
Levaillant's Cuckoo - Clamator levaillantii James Bradley 2020-03-06 Ruma NP, Nyanza, Kenya, Nyanza (former) (Kenya)   -   301106051
macaulaylibrary.org
Levaillant's Cuckoo - Clamator levaillantii Peter Boesman 2016-09-20 Chiengi-Kaputa road, Luapula province, Luapula (Zambia) song - [sono] 339110
xeno-canto.org
Levaillant's Cuckoo - Clamator levaillantii Marc Languy 2025-06-29 Ouagadougou, Kadiogo, Centre Region, Kadiogo (Burkina Faso) (280 m) song - [sono] 1010298
xeno-canto.org
Levaillant's Cuckoo - Clamator levaillantii Niall D Perrins 2026-03-26 , Limpopo Province (South Africa)   -   653961563
macaulaylibrary.org
Levaillant's Cuckoo - Clamator levaillantii Jenny Sharland 2020-11-05 , Limpopo Province (South Africa)   -   654163341
macaulaylibrary.org
Levaillant's Cuckoo - Clamator levaillantii Paulina Meller 2020-01-09 Cusseque Studysite, Chitembo, Bié, Bié (Angola) (1600 m) call, song -

Recorded in the ecotone of Miombo woodland and grassland, the Cuckoo came flying fiercely at us after playing the play-back.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:yes

519866
xeno-canto.org
Levaillant's Cuckoo - Clamator levaillantii Bram Piot 2016-10-15 Diembéring, Oussouye, Casamance, Ziguinchor (Senegal) (5 m) song -

A few short calls, then long series of song

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

338392
xeno-canto.org
Levaillant's Cuckoo - Clamator levaillantii Bram Piot 2018-06-16 Wassadou, Tambacounda, Tambacounda (Senegal) (10 m) song -

Apparently one bird calling in the distance, another responding nearby

bird-seen:no

playback-used:no

421192
xeno-canto.org
Levaillant's Cuckoo - Clamator levaillantii Brendan Sloan 2023-07-01 Kibale (near Bigodi), Kamwenge, Western Region, Kamwenge (Uganda) (1200 masl ap m) call - [sono] 855785
xeno-canto.org
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