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bird · Cuculiformes · Cuculidae

Black Cuckoo

Cuculus clamosus Latham, 1802 — also called BLCU. Occurrence records of the Black Cuckoo are shared on GBIF from around 22 parks and reserves in the directory, most of all Ithala Game Reserve (140 records), in 5 provinces.

IUCN: Least concernCuculidae
22reserves with records
447records around them
5provinces
LCIUCN category
Black Cuckoo (Cuculus clamosus)
Photo: Alan Manson · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Where it is recorded

ReserveProvinceRecords
Ithala Game ReserveNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal140
Platbos Forest ReserveForest reserveWC Western Cape51
King William's Town Local Authority Nature ReserveNature reserveEC Eastern Cape39
Mountainlands Nature ReserveNature reserveMP Mpumalanga29
Terry Fitzgerald Private Nature ReserveNature reserveEC Eastern Cape25
Sardinia Bay Marine Protected AreaMarine protected areaEC Eastern Cape23
Kowie Local Authority Nature ReserveNature reserveEC Eastern Cape22
Island Nature ReserveNature reserveEC Eastern Cape15
Honey Trails: HikingNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal15
Huisklip Local Authority Nature ReserveNature reserveEC Eastern Cape14
Phezulu Safari ParkNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal14
Magaliesberg Biosphere ReserveBiosphere reserveGP Gauteng12
Ohrigstaddam NatuurreservaatNature reserveMP Mpumalanga12
Kragga Kamma Game ParkProtected areaEC Eastern Cape7
Vryheid Hill Nature ReserveNature reserveKZN KwaZulu-Natal6
Bridle Drift Dam Nature ReserveNature reserveEC Eastern Cape5
Waters Meeting Nature ReserveNature reserveEC Eastern Cape5
Zebra Nature ReserveNature reserveGP Gauteng5
HaasgatProtected heritage siteGP Gauteng2
Hluleka Nature ReserveProtected areaEC Eastern Cape2
Hluleka Marine Protected AreaMarine protected areaEC Eastern Cape2
Amalinda Nature ReserveNature reserveEC Eastern Cape2

By province

Eastern Cape
12 reserves
KwaZulu-Natal
4 reserves
Gauteng
3 reserves
Mpumalanga
2 reserves
Western Cape
1 reserve

Taxonomy

Class
Aves
Order
Cuculiformes
Family
Cuculidae
Scientific name
Cuculus clamosus
GBIF taxon
5231913
Wikidata
Q998279

Source: GBIF.org occurrence records within the radius of each reserve's point; taxonomy and IUCN category from the GBIF backbone; photo from Wikimedia Commons, credit on the picture. Records near a reserve do not prove the species lives inside it.