Klaas's cuckoo

Klaas's cuckoo
	male
	female
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Cuculiformes
Family:	Cuculidae
Genus:	Chrysococcyx
Species:	C. klaas
Binomial name
	Chrysococcyx klaas; (Stephens, 1815)

Klaas's cuckoo (Chrysococcyx klaas) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae which is native to the wooded regions of sub-Saharan Africa. The species was named by French explorer François Le Vaillant after his Khoikhoi servant. Le Vaillant was the only colonial biologist to name some bird species after local people.[2]

Range

The species occurs throughout sub-Saharan Africa with the exception of very arid areas in the south-west.[1]

Description

Klaas's cuckoo is 16–18 cm in length. The species exhibits sexual dimorphism. Males have a glossy green body with few markings and plain white underparts. Females have a bronze-brown body, greenish wing coverts and faintly barred white underparts. Viewed in flight, the male is largely white with dark primaries and females appear mostly brown. Males and females both have a small white post-ocular patch.[3]

References

BirdLife International (2012). "Chrysococcyx klaas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url
Beolens, B.; Watkins, M. (2004). Whose Bird?: Common Bird Names and the People They Commemorate. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-10359-5.
Harrison, J. A.; Cherry, M. (1997). "Klaas's cuckoo". The atlas of southern African birds (PDF). 1. Johannesburg: BirdLife South Africa. pp. 708–709.

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[iucn-1] BirdLife International (2012). "Chrysococcyx klaas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url

[2] Beolens, B.; Watkins, M. (2004). Whose Bird?: Common Bird Names and the People They Commemorate. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-10359-5.

[3] Harrison, J. A.; Cherry, M. (1997). "Klaas's cuckoo". The atlas of southern African birds (PDF). 1. Johannesburg: BirdLife South Africa. pp. 708–709.