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Madagascar Cuckoo
Cuculus rochii Hartlaub, 1863
Cuculidae — Cuckoos
Madagascar Cuckoo, Cuculus rochii, is a cuckoo of the family Cuculidae that breeds in Madagascar and moves to eastern Africa outside the breeding season. It was described by Hartlaub in 1863. The species is also known as the Madagascan cuckoo and the Madagascar lesser cuckoo. It is a small, slim cuckoo, and its length is 28 cm. Its non-breeding range reaches the African Great Lakes region and Zanzibar.
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- Family
- Cuculidae — Cuckoos
- Breeding range
- Africa: Madagascar
- Nonbreeding range
- e AF
