Madagascar Cuckoo

Cuculus rochii Hartlaub, 1863

28 cmLength63 gWeight

The Madagascar cuckoo or Madagascan cuckoo (Cuculus rochii), also known as the Madagascar lesser cuckoo, is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae.

Busiest months: November · Most records: Madagascar, South Africa, Zimbabwe

Least Concern

Where and when it's recorded

Busiest months: November · Most records: Madagascar, South Africa, Zimbabwe

Madagascar Cuckoo has been recorded at 30 of the 8,276 birding hotspots we track, in 7 countries and regions.

Records by month Southern Hemisphere

Where it's recorded most

Ranomafana NPMadagascar557 records
Ifaty – spiny forest reservesMadagascar483 records
Andasibe-Mantadia NPMadagascar412 records

More places

Andasibe Mantadia National ParkMadagascar368 records
Ranomafana NP—Sahamalaotra TrackMadagascar321 records
Ranomafana NP – VariboloMadagascar222 records
V.O.I. M.M.AMadagascar213 records
Ranomafana NP – VohipararaMadagascar191 records
Iaroka ForestMadagascar186 records
PerinetMadagascar179 records

Countries and regions with the most records

Madagascar South Africa Zimbabwe Tanzania Kenya Rwanda Congo - Kinshasa

eBird records via GBIF up to 2024-12-31. A record means someone listed it; more records partly mean more birders, not more birds.

About

The Madagascar cuckoo or Madagascan cuckoo (Cuculus rochii), also known as the Madagascar lesser cuckoo, is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. Though it breeds only in Madagascar, it winters to eastern Africa (from the African Great Lakes region to Zanzibar).

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