Cuculus gularis (African Cuckoo)

African Cuckoo

Cuculus gularis Stephens, 1815

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto, macaulaylibrary.org & avocet.zoology.msu.edu.

Species name	Recordist	Date	Location	Remarks	Cat.nr.
African Cuckoo - Cuculus gularis	David Moyer	2014-10-20	Likuyu Sekamaganga, Ruvuma (Tanzania) (830 m)	song - Hi frequencies filtered out to remove ciccada call. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	200105 xeno-canto.org
African Cuckoo - Cuculus gularis	Peter Boesman	2016-11-11	Omaruru area west, Erongo (Namibia)	song - [sono]	346757 xeno-canto.org
African Cuckoo - Cuculus gularis	Peter Boesman	2016-11-11	Omaruru area west, Erongo (Namibia)	song - [sono]	346758 xeno-canto.org
African Cuckoo - Cuculus gularis	Barry Edmonston	2018-05-03	West Gonja, Northern Region, Northern (former region) (Ghana) (240 m)	song - Two individuals with the first calling. After the 2nd left, the first became quiet. Both individuals perched in same tree about 7 meters above ground. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	420398 xeno-canto.org
African Cuckoo - Cuculus gularis	Peter Boesman	2022-03-15	Mole National Park, West Gonja (Ghana)	song - [sono]	719074 xeno-canto.org
African Cuckoo - Cuculus gularis	Dries Van de Loock	2021-09-21	Mutinondo Wilderness area, Northern Province, Mpika (Zambia) (1500 m)	song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	682084 xeno-canto.org
African Cuckoo - Cuculus gularis	Peter Boesman	2022-03-15	Mole National Park, West Gonja (Ghana)	song - [sono]	719075 xeno-canto.org
African Cuckoo - Cuculus gularis	Nature sounds by Simply Birding	1963-10-23	Masarwa, Ngamiland East, North-West District, North-West (incl. Chobe) (Botswana) (950 m)	adult, sex uncertain, song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	615902 xeno-canto.org
African Cuckoo - Cuculus gularis	Nature sounds by Simply Birding	1965-11-12	Chilelemba, Mambwe, Eastern Province, Eastern (pre-2011) (Zambia) (550 m)	adult, sex uncertain, song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	615901 xeno-canto.org
African Cuckoo - Cuculus gularis	paulo kivuyo	2021-02-11	kikatiti, Meru, Arusha Region, Arusha (Tanzania) (1100 m)	adult, call, sex uncertain - bird was call on ficus sycomorus bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	620999 xeno-canto.org
African Cuckoo - Cuculus gularis	Bram Piot	2017-05-18	Le Firdou, Kolda, Kolda Region, Kolda (Senegal) (10 m)	song - Distant bird; recording substantially amplified bird-seen:no playback-used:no	370968 xeno-canto.org
African Cuckoo - Cuculus gularis	Bram Piot	2015-08-09	Lac Rose, Rufisque, Dakar (Senegal) (2 m)	song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	267717 xeno-canto.org
African Cuckoo - Cuculus gularis	Fernand DEROUSSEN	2005-02-13	Lake Awing, Bamenda Highlands, Nord-Ouest (Cameroon) (2100 m)	song - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	133020 xeno-canto.org
African Cuckoo - Cuculus gularis	Peter Boesman	2019-09-19	Kalwelwa area, Mwinilunga, North-Western province, North-Western (Zambia)	song - [sono]	508873 xeno-canto.org
African Cuckoo - Cuculus gularis	Lynette Rudman	2016-12-15	Choma, Choma, Southern Province, Southern (Zambia) (1400 m)	call - Bird recorded during the dawn chorus early on a summer's morning. bird-seen:no playback-used:no	348915 xeno-canto.org
African Cuckoo - Cuculus gularis	Peter Boesman	2018-06-18	Brufut, Kombo North, West Coast Region, Western (Gambia) (10 m)	song - Originally a mystery recording. See the forum. [sono]	425242 xeno-canto.org
African Cuckoo - Cuculus gularis	Bram Piot	2015-08-10	Lac Rose, Rufisque, Dakar (Senegal) (2 m)	song - Probably same individual as the one recorded the day before in same location (XC267717). bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	267978 xeno-canto.org
African Cuckoo - Cuculus gularis	Lynette Rudman	2016-12-15	Choma, Choma, Southern Province, Southern (Zambia) (1400 m)	call - Bird calling early in the morning before sunrise in summer. bird-seen:no playback-used:no	348914 xeno-canto.org
African Cuckoo - Cuculus gularis	David Moyer	2014-10-26	Likuyu Sekamaganga, Ruvuma (Tanzania) (830 m)	song, territorial call - Selected portion of a longer cut demonstrating the territorial/confrontational call of this species. There were a total of four birds in the canopy on the Likuyu Sekamaganga Institute campus. They were calling normally, but when one approached the position of another, it would call loudly with this excited and strident call that I am assuming to be some sort of territorial or confrontational call to warn off approaching birds. This was sometimes given in flight by one or the other bird as well. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	200113 xeno-canto.org
African Cuckoo - Cuculus gularis	Sun Madakan	2020-09-19	University Campus, Maiduguri, Borno, Borno (Nigeria) (340 m)	adult, sex uncertain - bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	590109 xeno-canto.org
African Cuckoo - Cuculus gularis	Mike Nelson	2012-04-06	Lake Awing, Bamenda Highlands, Nord-Ouest (Cameroon) (2100 m)	Song (C) - Distant recording from across the lake	98856 xeno-canto.org
African Cuckoo - Cuculus gularis	Lynette Rudman	2016-12-10	Chobe, North-West District, North-West (incl. Chobe) (Botswana) (1000 m)	call - Bird seen calling from a power line in mid summer. bird-seen:yes playback-used:no	348916 xeno-canto.org
African Cuckoo - Cuculus gularis	Peter Boesman	2016-09-23	Kasanka National Park, Northern Province, Central (Zambia)	song - [sono]	339136 xeno-canto.org
African Cuckoo - Cuculus gularis	Étienne Leroy	2017-05-05	Korhogo, Région des Savanes, Savanes (Côte d'Ivoire) (340 m)	song - bird-seen:no playback-used:no	370455 xeno-canto.org

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