Himalayan Cuckoo

Cuculus saturatus Blyth, 1843

Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus is a cuckoo in the Cuculidae family that breeds across the Himalayas, through south-east Asia, to eastern China and Taiwan. It spends the non-breeding season in south-east Asia, the Greater Sundas and the Philippines. Formerly treated under the name Oriental Cuckoo, it is now recognised as one of three separate lineages from that wider group. The name saturatus belongs to the Himalayan population because the type specimen came from that form. It was described by Blyth in 1843.

Order

Cuculiformes

Family

Cuculidae — Cuckoos

Breeding range

Oriental Region: Himalayas through se Asia to e China and Taiwan

Nonbreeding range

se Asia, Greater Sundas and Philippines