Red-chested Cuckoo
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The Red-chested Cuckoo (Cuculus solitarius) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is found in Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
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- BirdLife International 2004. Cuculus solitarius. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 24 July 2007.
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DESCRIPTION: A medium bird (28 to 30 cm), found in Africa south of the Sahara. In Southern Africa it is a common breeding migrant, found throughout the area except for the drier west. It is usually solitary and highly vocal and lives on forests and plantations. It eats insects. BREEDING & NESTING: The Red-chested Cuckoo takes on more than a single mate (it is bigamous). The nesting habit of Red-chested Cuckoo is to use the nest of another bird. The surrogate family then raise the chicks. The bird lays eggs which are brown in colour and number between 20 eggs per season in different nests. HABITAT: The preferred habitats for Red-chested Cuckoo are: woodlands. You will normally see the Red-chested Cuckoo by itself rather than in the company of birds of the same species.
