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Black Cuckoo

Cuculus clamosus Latham, J 1801

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Partial list of sound recordings available from xeno-canto & macaulaylibrary.org.
Species name Recordist Date Location Remarks Cat.nr.
Black Cuckoo - Cuculus clamosus BurBenj 2021-01-30 Bakoumba, Lekoko, Haut-Ogooue, Gabon (Gabon) uncertain -   663245
xeno-canto.org
Black Cuckoo - Cuculus clamosus Jacob C. Cooper 2015-03-22 Rumpi Hills northwest of Dikome Balue, Sud-Ouest (Cameroon) (1400 m) song -

Flew in to whistling. Calling in the canopy of submontane forest.

bird-seen:no

playback-used:yes

 263604
xeno-canto.org
Black Cuckoo - Cuculus clamosus Peter Boesman 2014-10-27 Spioenkop Dam area, Kwazulu-Natal, Kwazulu-Natal (South Africa) song - [sono] 280213
xeno-canto.org
Black Cuckoo - Cuculus clamosus Daan Hendriks 2016-11-28 Bochum, Central, Limpopo, Limpopo Province (South Africa) (750 m) call, song -

Recorded late morning in dry savanna bush veld, South Africa, Limpopo province, on the border with Botswana. It was a bright day with still wind, not exceptionally warm for that time of year. The recording is entirely unmodified.

playback-used:no

 356803
xeno-canto.org
Black Cuckoo - Cuculus clamosus Peter Boesman 2014-10-27 Spioenkop Dam area, Kwazulu-Natal, Kwazulu-Natal (South Africa) song - [sono] 280211
xeno-canto.org
Black Cuckoo - Cuculus clamosus GABRIEL LEITE 2023-06-01 West Kochia (near Homa Bay), Rangwe, Homa Bay County, Homa Bay (Kenya) (1300 m) song - [sono] 810761
xeno-canto.org
Black Cuckoo - Cuculus clamosus Rory Nefdt 2013-01-04 Xanadu Farm, Lusaka, Lusaka (Zambia) (1300 m) song -

Same individual as in recordings XC120186-8

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 120189
xeno-canto.org
Black Cuckoo (Rufous-throated) - Cuculus clamosus gabonensis Jacob C. Cooper 2016-01-09 Bosque Científica--Selva Primaria, Wele-Nzas, Región Continental, Equatorial Guinea, Wele-Nzás (Equatorial Guinea)   - Singing in response to whistling; giving two different song types. This bird was later seen and confirmed to be gabonensis. 24188501
macaulaylibrary.org
Black Cuckoo - Cuculus clamosus Myles E. W. North 1956-02-17 Black's Farm; Gituru; Kiambu, Central, Kenya, Central (former) (Kenya)   -   8255
macaulaylibrary.org
Black Cuckoo - Cuculus clamosus isaac kilusu 2020-12-04 Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m) adult, sex uncertain, song -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 607158
xeno-canto.org
Black Cuckoo - Cuculus clamosus clamosus Tristan Spurway 2018-12-29 Tzaneen area, Limpopo, Letaba (South Africa) (750 m) call -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 500260
xeno-canto.org
Black Cuckoo - Cuculus clamosus gabonensis Étienne Leroy 2022-10-26 Mikongo, Lope, Ogooué-Ivindo, Lopé (Gabon) (420 m) song - [sono] 762099
xeno-canto.org
Black Cuckoo - Cuculus clamosus Rory Nefdt 2013-01-04 Xanadu Farm, Lusaka, Lusaka (Zambia) (1300 m) song -

Same individual Black Cuckoo as in XC120186. Again chased bya White-browed Robin Chat call of robin Chat clear). As the black Cuckoo watched the Robin chat it's call changed to 2 syllables only, as if wary and needing to be ready to flee.

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 120187
xeno-canto.org
Black Cuckoo - Cuculus clamosus Dries Van de Loock 2024-10-12 Mutinondo Wilderness area, Northern Province, Mpika (Zambia) (1500 m) song - [sono] 958777
xeno-canto.org
Black Cuckoo - Cuculus clamosus gabonensis isaac kilusu 2021-12-12 Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m) adult, sex uncertain, song -

rufous morph

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 692100
xeno-canto.org
Black Cuckoo - Cuculus clamosus clamosus Tristan Spurway 2018-12-29 Tzaneen area, Limpopo, Letaba (South Africa) (750 m) call, female, male -

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 500253
xeno-canto.org
Black Cuckoo - Cuculus clamosus Peter Boesman 2022-03-12 Atewa Farmbush, Sagyimase, East Akim (Ghana) song - [sono] 719073
xeno-canto.org
Black Cuckoo - Cuculus clamosus Tim Cockcroft 2021-11-03 Ndlambe Local Municipality (near Kenton on Sea), Western District, Eastern Cape, South Africa (South Africa) (0 m) song -

Hidden, but calling from the canopy of a large tree in valley bush.

bird-seen:no

 684261
xeno-canto.org
Black Cuckoo - Cuculus clamosus Geoff Carpentier 2025-12-04 , Northern Cape (South Africa)   -   647023449
macaulaylibrary.org
Black Cuckoo - Cuculus clamosus Peter Boesman 2017-12-13 Mutinondo Wilderness area, Northern Province, Northern (pre-2011) (Zambia) song - [sono] 398019
xeno-canto.org
Black Cuckoo - Cuculus clamosus gabonensis isaac kilusu 2021-12-12 Mandegee farm, oloitoktok, Kajiado (Kenya) (1500 m) adult, sex uncertain, song -

rufous morph

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 692099
xeno-canto.org
Black Cuckoo - Cuculus clamosus Rory Nefdt 2013-01-04 Xanadu Farm, Lusaka, Lusaka (Zambia) (1300 m) song -

Same individual Black Cuckoo as in XC120186 & XC120187. But now away from the White-browed Robin Chat's territory. With Yellow-fronted Canary singing in the background

bird-seen:yes

playback-used:no

 120188
xeno-canto.org
Black Cuckoo - Cuculus clamosus Ehren Eksteen 2025-03-04 Roodeplaat, City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, Gauteng, Wonderboom (South Africa) (1300 m) song -

Recording not modified. Broad-leaved woodland with good grass cover.

 977985
xeno-canto.org
Black Cuckoo - Cuculus clamosus Roger McNeill 2023-11-18 , Limpopo Province (South Africa)   -   652297395
macaulaylibrary.org
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