Red-chested Cuckoo
Woodland, suburbia. Grey upperparts; brick-red breast; banded below. Orbital ring, lower mandible and legs yellow.
Bird Family: Cuckoos
Klaas’s Cuckoo
Woodland. Male entirely bright green above, bill to tail; white below; eyes dark. Female duller; green above; white below; heavily banded brown; eyes yellow.
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Woodland. Black above, spotted white; white below; grey crested head.
Diederik Cuckoo
Woodland. Male bright green above; white below; bill black; eyes red. Female similar, but with coppery mantle.
Black Cuckoo
Well wooded and suburban areas. Perches and calls in same tree for long periods. Diagnostic call ‘I’m so SICK’.
African Emerald Cuckoo
Forests. Male bright green above, beak to tail, plus breast; belly yellow; eyes dark; beak green. Female brown above; white below with heavy green banding overall.
