• Synonyms Black and White Cuckoo, Black & White Cuckoo, Black-and-white Cuckoo, Jacobin, Pied Cretsed Cuckoo, Pied Crested Cuckoo, Pied Cuckooo, Pied Cuckoo, Black & white cuckoo
  • Old latin name for bird Oxylophus serratus, Cuculus jacobinus, Oxylophus jacobinus, Cuculus serratus, Clamator serratus

Jacobin Cuckoobird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Flight call, song, © Rolf A. de By
    Mali
  • 2.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    India
  • 3.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    India
  • 4.
    Flight call, © Pronoy Baidya
    India
  • 5.
    Call, © Peter Boesman
    South Africa
  • 6.
    Call, flight call, © Mandar Bhagat
    India
  • 7.
    Song, © Sander Bot
    South Africa
  • 8.
    Call, © Sagar Adhurya
    India
  • 9.
    Song, © Peter Boesman
    South Africa
  • 10.
    Call, © Niall Perrins
    South Africa
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API

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Where to see Jacobin Cuckoo

  • Breeding region Africa, Oriental Region
  • Breeding subregion widespread in AF, India to Myanmar

Jacobin Cuckoo subspecies (3)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Clamator jacobinus jacobinuss India, Sri Lanka and s Myanmarse AfricaNo
Clamator jacobinus picaAfrica s of the Sahara to n Zambia and Malawi; nw India to Nepal and MyanmarAfrica s to Namibia and BotswanaNo
Clamator jacobinus serratusSouth Africa and s ZambiaUganda and EthiopiaNo

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansBontnuwejaarsvoël
Bengaliচাতকী , ঩াকযা ঩াচ঩য়া , ঩াচ঩য়া, চাতক , পাকরা পাপিয়া
BulgarianЯкобинска качулата кукувица
CatalanCucut jacobí, cucut reial jacobí
Chinese斑翅凤头鹃
Chinese (Traditional)斑翅鳳頭鵑
Croatiancrno-bijela kukavica
CzechKukacka cernobílá, kukačka černobílá
DanishJacobinergøg
DutchJacobijnkoekoek
EsperantoMakulkukolo, Jakobenkukolo
Estonianjakobiinkägu
Finnishjakobiinikäki
FrenchCoucou jacobin, Oxylophe jacobin
FrisianJakobynkoekoek
GalicianCuco rei xacobino
GermanJackobinerkuckuck, Jakobinerkuckuck, Elsterkuckuck
GreekΚαρακαξόκoυκoς
Hebrewקוקיה עקודה
HindiKala papiya
Hungarianszarkakakukk, Fekete szajkókakukk
IcelandicÞyrnigaukur
IrishCuach sheacaibíneach
ItalianCuculo bianconero, Cuculo bianco e nero
Japaneseクロシロカンムリカッコウ, クロカッムリカッコウ
Latvianjakobīņu cekuldzeguze
LithuanianDvispalvė gegutė, jakobinų kuoduotoji gegutė
MacedonianЈакобинска кукавица
Malayalamകൊമ്പൻകുയിൽ
Marathiचातक
Nepaliजुरे कोइली
Northern SamiJakobinagiehka, Jakobingiehka
Norwegianjakobinergjøk
Norwegian NynorskJakobinergauk
Persianکوکوی ابلق
Polishkukułka czarno-biała, kukulka czarnobiala, kukulka czarno-biala
Portuguesecuco-jacobino
RomanianCuc bălţat
RussianСорочья хохлатая кукушка, Сорочья кукушка
SerbianCrno-bela ćubasta kukavica
Slovakkukavica stračia
Slovenianjakobinska kukavica
SpanishCríalo blanquinegro, Críalo Etiope, Críalo Jacobino, Críalo Blanco y Negro
SwahiliKekeo Rangi-mbili
Swedishjakobinskatgök
TamilSudalai Kuyil
Thaiนกคัคคูขาวดำ, นกคัคคูด่าง
TsongaTihunyi
TurkishTepeli Alaca Guguk, alaca guguk
Ukrainianзозуля строката
WelshCog fraith
XhosaIlunga Legwaba
ZuluiNkanku