Madagascar Cuckoo | |
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Information | |
Common Name | Madagascar Lesser Cuckoo |
Range | Madagascar, it spends the non-breeding season in a number of countries in the African Great Lakes region and the Indian Ocean islands: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia. |
Scientific Classification | |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Aves |
Order | Cuculiformes |
Family | Cuculidae |
Genus | Cuculus |
Species | Cuculus rochii |
Conservation Status | |
Least Concern |
The Madagascan cuckoo (Cuculus rochii), also known as the Madagascar lesser cuckoo, is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. Though it breeds only in Madagascar, it spends the non-breeding season in a number of countries in the African Great Lakes region and the Indian Ocean islands: Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Malawi, Rwanda, South Africa, Uganda and Zambia.
Description[]
The Madagascan cuckoo is a small, slim cuckoo, measuring 28 cm (11 in) in length.