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The African Cuckoo-Hawk (Aviceda cuculoides) is a medium-sized raptor in the family Accipitridae resembling a Common Cuckoo, found in sub-Saharan Africa and along the eastern parts of Southern Africa. It prefers dense woodland and forest of either indigenous or exotic trees. Source: Wikipedia
Order:
Accipitriformes
Family:
Accipitridae
Genus:
Aviceda
Scientific:
Aviceda cuculoides
Citation:
Swainson, 1837
Reference:
BirdsW.Afr. p.104 pl.1
Protonym:
Aviceda cuculoides
Avibase ID:
648936C0CA95E160
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/648936C0
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 175441
Geographic range:
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
African Bird Club Checklist 2004: African Cuckoo Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: African Cuckoo Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: African Cuckoo Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: African Cuckoo Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: African Cuckoo Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: African Cuckoo Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): African Baza ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): African Baza ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): African Baza ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): African Baza ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): African Baza ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): African Baza ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): African Baza ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): African Baza ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 00: African Baza ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 01: African Baza ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 02: African Baza ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 03: African Baza ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 04: African Baza ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): African Baza ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): African Baza ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): African Baza ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): African Baza ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): African Cuckoo-hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): African Cuckoo-hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): African Cuckoo-hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): African Cuckoo-hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): African Cuckoo-hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): African Cuckoo-hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): African Cuckoo-hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Baza coucou ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Baza coucou ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Clements 1st edition: African Cuckoo-falcon ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Clements 3rd edition: African Cuckoo Falcon ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Clements 4th edition: African Cuckoo-Falcon ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (as published): African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2015: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2016: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2017: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2018: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Clements, version 2019: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.50: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.52: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.53: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.54: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
eBird version 1.55: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
eBird version 2015: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
eBird version 2016: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
eBird version 2017: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
eBird version 2018: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
eBird version 2019: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition: African Cuckoo Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): African Cuckoo Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): African Cuckoo Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): African Cuckoo Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): African Cuckoo-hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): African Cuckoo-hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): African Cuckoo-hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): African Cuckoo-hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): African Cuckoo-hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Morony, Bock and Farrand: African Cuckoo Falcon ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
James Lee Peters: Aviceda cuculoides [version 1] |
James Lee Peters (original): Aviceda cuculoïdes [version 1] |
James Lee Peters (2nd edition): Aviceda cuculoides [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993): African Baza ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): African Baza ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Sibley and Monroe 2nd edition (1996): African Baza ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01: African Cuckoo-Hawk ( Aviceda cuculoides) [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Aviceda cuculoides [version 1] |
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Aviceda cuculoides [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
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