Species profile
Lesser Cuckoo
Cuculus poliocephalus
Quick answer
South and east Asia; winters pen. India, Sri Lanka and e Africa
- Scientific name
- Cuculus poliocephalus
- Family
- Cuculidae
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- Genus
- Cuculus
- Conservation status
- Least Concern
Recording Lesser Cuckoo in your journal
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Related species in Cuculidae
- African Cuckoo (Cuculus gularis)
- African Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus)
- Andaman Coucal (Centropus andamanensis)
- Asian Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx maculatus)
- Banded Bay Cuckoo (Cacomantis sonneratii)
- Banded Ground-cuckoo (Neomorphus radiolosus)
- Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo (Cercococcyx montanus)
- Bay Coucal (Centropus celebensis)