Chrysococcyx cupreus
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In 3 days ~30% in a week ~60%
The African emerald cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus) is a species of cuckoo that is native to Africa. As a member of the family Cuculidae, the African emerald cuckoo is an Old World cuckoo. C. c. insularum: São Tomé, Príncipe, and Annobón (Gulf of Guinea) Its range covers most of sub-Saharan Africa, including Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, DRC, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
The African emerald cuckoo is sexually dimorphic. The males have a green back and head with a yellow breast. Females are barred green and brown on their backs and green and white on their breasts. The African emerald cuckoo can also be identified by its... Wikipedia →
With luck
About 10% of wildlife watchers report an African Emerald Cuckoo sighting in Kampala on a given day, based on 242 verified sightings from GBIF citizen-science data. It is the 88th most-seen of the 332 birds we can rate there. Over three days the chance rises to about 30%, and over a week to about 60%, if each day is a fresh chance.
May
In that month about 30% of wildlife watchers report an African Emerald Cuckoo in Kampala on a given day, against under 5% in July, the lowest month.
Between 7 and 10 am
Across all the parks we cover, that three-hour window holds the most African Emerald Cuckoo sightings with a recorded time, and about 9 in 10 of them come between 6 am and 6 pm: it is a daytime animal.
Yes
Of the 4 cities where we can rate African Emerald Cuckoo sightings, Kampala has the highest daily chance: about 10%. Next come Yaoundé (Cameroon, about 10%) and Abidjan (Côte d'Ivoire, about 10%).
Same genus: Chrysococcyx
The closest relatives of the African Emerald Cuckoo that you can see in Kampala (genus Chrysococcyx, Emerald Cuckoos and allies) are Klaas's Cuckoo (about 30%) and Dideric Cuckoo (about 10%), with each one's daily chance of a sighting.
GBIF citizen-science records
It is estimated from how often the African Emerald Cuckoo is recorded against all the birds logged in Kampala (242 verified sightings), calibrated against known sighting rates. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10% because citizen-science data supports honest approximations, not decimals, and months with records from fewer than five people show "—". How it works.
