Clamator glandarius   Great Spotted Cuckoo  Gevlekte Koekoek
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Modimolle, Jan 2021
immature being fed by Common Myna

A breeding summer visitor, present between Nov and Mar. Occurs fairly commonly in thorn savanna on the Springbok Flats adjacent to the Waterberg but is rare and erratic in occurrence in the Waterberg (20% in, 80% out; recorded in 6% of the Waterberg pentads); in pairs while present; parasitic, its usual host in the area is Burchell's Starling.
Great Spotted Cuckoo Waterberg distribution
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Lenkwane, 2020
immature

Great Spotted Cuckoo
Modimolle, Dec 2020

Great Spotted Cuckoo
Vaalwater, Feb 2019
immature
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Lephalale, Jan 2017
immature

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