Oriental Cuckoo - Cuculus saturatus
( Blyth, 1843 )

 

 

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Subspecies: Unknown
Est. World Population: U

CITES Status: NOT LISTED
IUCN Status: Least Concern
U.S. ESA Status: NOT LISTED

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Life Span: in the Wild
Life Span: in Captivity

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Habitat:
The species lives in a range of forest types (Payne 2005). In the breeding season it is found in the canopy of coniferous or deciduous forest, larch taiga, thickets, subtropical woodland near streams, open wooded areas and orchards (Payne and Kirwan 2020). In the non-breeding range, it occurs in primary and secondary forest, savannas, teak plantations, tea plantations and gardens.

Range:
This species is widespread, breeding in the Himalayas from northern Pakistan through Nepal and northern India and Bhutan to Myanmar and northwest Thailand and into China as far as northeast Hebei and Hainan (Payne 2005, Xia et al. 2016). Birds migrate through South-East Asia and winter in the Malay peninsula, Indonesia and the Philippines.

Conservation:

Conservation Actions Underway
Species has a vast range and occurs in numerous protected areas.

Conservation Actions Proposed  

None.


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