Red-chested Cuckoo

Cuculus solitarius

The red-chested cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is a medium-sized bird found in Africa, south of the Sahara. In Afrikaans, it is known as "Piet-my-vrou", after its call. Source

Where it is now

In the last 8 weeks this bird was recorded 15,922 times across 10 areas (each area is a 5 degree square).

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Movement and weather

Each season it is first heard regularly where daytime highs are around 28°C (typically 24 to 29°C, from 5 areas). That holds across 40° of latitude, which suggests its timing follows temperature more than the calendar.

Arrival dates

The week it was first heard regularly in each region, after at least six weeks away. Dates differ from south to north, so a region has a range.

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Figures are effort corrected and come from automatic sound identification, which makes mistakes. How this is measured and how it compares with human observers.