Record details

:   12681
Province:   KwaZulu-Natal
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2732AB
Observer:   Tippett Ryan Matthew
Date of record:   2014-11-24
Number of photos:   1
Notes:  
Last updated:   2020-12-03 11:24:41
Sp. code:   340
Species name:   Cuculus canorus
Common name:   Common (Eurasian) Cuckoo -- Europese Koekoek
Family:   Cuculidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:   Common/European Cuckoo
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=-12681
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map
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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Colin Summersgill
Comment:   Looks like the tail is barred rather than spotted, so African rather than Common, but barring on front looks too broad and appers to have a hint of rufous on upper chest. I would go with not quite mature Red-chested.
Date:   2014-12-02 07:39:24
Species name:  
Species code:   0
Comment number:   2
By:   Lisl van Deventer
Comment:   Grey throat; yellow only visible on the base of the lower mandible; black bars on the undertail much broader than the (thinner) white bars
Date:   2017-08-13 14:35:18
Species name:   Cuculus canorus -- Common (Eurasian) Cuckoo; Europese Koekoek
Species code:   340

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