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Klaas's Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx klaas · Family Cuculidae
Chrysococcyx klaas
Family Cuculidae
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- Family
- Cuculidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 104,620
- Countries and territories with records
- 45
About this species
This species has 104,620 occurrence records from 45 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from South Africa (57.9%), Kenya (12%), Uganda (5.8%), Tanzania (3.6%) and Nigeria (3.2%); together they account for 82.5% of the total. In South Africa, this species accounts for 0.15% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Chrysococcyx klaas combines the genus name Chrysococcyx with the species epithet klaas. The Warbla app catalog lists 6 species of the genus Chrysococcyx; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Chrysococcyx caprius, Chrysococcyx cupreus and Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 144 species of the family Cuculidae. This species ranks 26th among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Cuculus canorus. Its record count is 1.2 times the family average (90,374). The family Cuculidae belongs to the order Cuculiformes, which has 146 species in the Warbla app catalog.