Black Cuckoo / Cuculus clamosus LC
- Old latin name for bird Cuculus gabonensis, Cuculus jacksoni, Cuculus cafer
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Where to see Black Cuckoo
- Breeding region Africa
- Breeding subregion widespread
- Angola
- Benin
- Botswana
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cameroon
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Congo
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Ghana
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Kenya
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Malawi
- Mali
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nigeria
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Sierra Leone
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sudan
- Tanzania
- Togo
- Uganda
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Black Cuckoo subspecies (2)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cuculus clamosus clamosus | n, c Ethiopia and e, c Kenya to s Angola and South Africa | - | No |
| Cuculus clamosus gabonensis | Liberia to sw Ethiopia, w Kenya and nw Angola | - | No |
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Swartkoekoek |
| Azerbaijani | qara ququ quşu |
| Belarusian | Чарная зязюля |
| Breton | Koukoug du |
| Bulgarian | Черна кукувица |
| Catalan | cucut negre |
| Chinese | 黑杜鹃 |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 黑杜鵑 |
| Croatian | mrka kukavica |
| Czech | kukačka subsaharská, Kukacka cerná, kukačka křiklavá |
| Danish | Sortgøg |
| Dutch | Zwarte Koekoek |
| Esperanto | Nigra kukolo |
| Estonian | mustkägu |
| Finnish | mustakäki |
| French | Coucou noir, Coucou criard, Coucou de Jackson |
| Frisian | Swarte koekoek |
| Galician | Cuco preto |
| German | Schwarzkuckuck, Schwazkuckuck |
| Greek | Μαυρόκoυκoς |
| Hungarian | fekete kakukk |
| Icelandic | Svartgaukur |
| Irish | Cuach dhubh |
| Italian | Cuculo nero |
| Japanese | クロカッコウ |
| Latvian | Melnā dzeguze |
| Lithuanian | juodoji gegutė |
| Macedonian | Црна кукавица |
| Northern Sami | Čáhppesgiehka |
| Norwegian | svartgjøk |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Svartgauk |
| Polish | Kukułka czaran, kukułka czarna, kukulka czarna |
| Portuguese | cuco-preto |
| Romanian | Cuc negru |
| Russian | Чёрная кукушка |
| Serbian | Crna kukavica |
| Slovak | kukučka tmavá |
| Slovenian | Črna kukavica |
| Spanish | Cuclillo Negro, Cucu negro, Cuco negro |
| Swahili | Kekeo Mweusi |
| Swedish | Kaffergök, svartgök |
| Turkish | Kara Guguk |
| Ukrainian | зозуля чорна |
| Uzbek | қора какку |
| Xhosa | Unomntanofayo |
| Zulu | iNdodosibona |