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Thick-billed Cuckoo
Pachycoccyx audeberti (Schlegel, 1879)
Cuculidae — Cuckoos
Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti is a cuckoo of western, west-central and south-eastern Africa, with a breeding range that also includes Madagascar. It belongs to the family Cuculidae and was described by Schlegel in 1879. Its most notable feature is the very heavy bill, which has a hawk-like shape and sets it apart from other cuckoos that lay their eggs in the nests of other birds. It is the only species in its genus. It occurs in humid to subhumid woodland and gallery forest.
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- Family
- Cuculidae — Cuckoos
- Breeding range
- Africa: w, wc, se AF and Madagascar
