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Diederic Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx caprius · Family Cuculidae
Chrysococcyx caprius
Family Cuculidae
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- Family
- Cuculidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 186,128
- Countries and territories with records
- 52
About this species
This species has 186,128 occurrence records from 52 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (74.3%), Kenya (6.1%), Uganda (3.2%), Tanzania (2.8%) and Namibia (2.2%); together they account for 88.7% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.35% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Chrysococcyx caprius combines the genus name Chrysococcyx with the species epithet caprius. The Warbla app catalog lists 6 species of the genus Chrysococcyx; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Chrysococcyx klaas, Chrysococcyx cupreus and Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 144 species of the family Cuculidae. This species ranks 14th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Cuculus canorus. Its record count is 2.1 times the family average (90,374). The family Cuculidae belongs to the order Cuculiformes, which has 146 species in the Warbla app catalog.