• Synonyms Levaillant's Cuckoo, Thick billed Cuckoo, Thickbilled Cuckoo
  • Old latin name for bird Cuculus validus, Pachycoccyx validus, Cuculus audeberti

Thick-billed Cuckoobird sounds *

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  • 1.
    Call, flight call, © James Lidster
    Ghana
  • 2.
    Song, © Peter Boesman
    Zambia
  • 3.
    Song, © Hans Matheve
    Kenya
  • 4.
    Song, © Dries Van de Loock
    Malawi
  • 5.
    Adult, song, © Murray Christian
    Malawi
  • 6.
    Song, © Peter Boesman
    Uganda
  • 7.
    Song, © Peter Boesman
    Zambia
  • 8.
    Adult, alarm call, sex uncertain, © Daniel Danckwerts
    South Africa
  • 9.
    Song, © Peter Boesman
    Zambia
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API
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Where to see Thick-billed Cuckoo

  • Breeding region Africa
  • Breeding subregion w, wc, se AF and Madagascar

Thick-billed Cuckoo subspecies (3)

SubspeciesBreeding subregionNonbreeding subregionExtinct
Pachycoccyx audeberti audebertipatchily in sw, e Madagascar (rare)-No
Pachycoccyx audeberti brazzaeGuinea to Cameroon and w DR Congo-No
Pachycoccyx audeberti validuse DR Congo to se Kenya, Mozambique and South Africa-No

Species Name in Other Languages

LanguageTranslation
AfrikaansDikbekkoekoek
Bengaliহগাদাঠুুঁটি হকাচকর
Catalancucut cuaample
Chinese厚嘴杜鹃
Chinese (Traditional)厚嘴鵑
Croatianbjelotrba kukavica
Czechkukačka tlustozobá, Kukacka tlustozobá, kukačka dravčí
DanishTyknæbsgøg, Tyknæbbet Gøg
DutchDiksnavelkoekoek
Estonianmiombokägu
Finnishpaksunokkakäki
FrenchCoucou d’Audebert, Coucou à gros bec, Coucou d'Audebert
GermanDickschnabelkuckuck
ItalianCuculo di Audebert, Cuculo beccogrosso, Cuculo beccospesso
Japaneseハシブトカッコウ
Lithuanianstorasnapė gegutė
Norwegianhvitbrystgjøk
Norwegian NynorskKvitbrystgauk
Polishkukułka grubodzioba, kukulka grubodzioba
Portuguesecuco-de-bico-grosso
RussianТолстоклювая кукушка
SerbianDebelokljuna kukavica
Slovakkukučka hrubozobá
SpanishCríalo piquigrueso, Críalo de Pico Grueso
SwahiliKekeo Domo-nene
Swedishtjocknäbbad gök
TurkishKalın Gagalı Guguk
Ukrainianзозуля товстодзьоба