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Clamator jacobinus · Family Cuculidae
Clamator jacobinus
Family Cuculidae
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- Family
- Cuculidae
- GBIF occurrence records
- 134,750
- Countries and territories with records
- 66
About this species
This species has 134,750 occurrence records from 66 countries and territories (GBIF, 21 October 2026). Most records come from India (64.6%), South Africa (20.4%), Sri Lanka (3.1%), Kenya (2.7%) and Tanzania (1.4%); together they account for 92.1% of the total. In India, this species accounts for 0.14% of all bird records in GBIF.
The scientific name Clamator jacobinus combines the genus name Clamator with the species epithet jacobinus. The Warbla app catalog lists 4 species of the genus Clamator; apart from this one, those with the most GBIF records are Clamator glandarius, Clamator levaillantii and Clamator coromandus.
The catalog has GBIF record counts for 144 species of the family Cuculidae. This species ranks 22nd among them; the family’s most-recorded species is Cuculus canorus. Its record count is 1.5 times the family average (90,374). The family Cuculidae belongs to the order Cuculiformes, which has 146 species in the Warbla app catalog.