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<p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <table class="infobox biota" style="text-align: left; width: 200px; font-size: 100%"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)">Thick-billed cuckoo </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Pachycoccyx_audeberti00.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Pachycoccyx_audeberti00.jpg/220px-Pachycoccyx_audeberti00.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="280" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Pachycoccyx_audeberti00.jpg/330px-Pachycoccyx_audeberti00.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Pachycoccyx_audeberti00.jpg/440px-Pachycoccyx_audeberti00.jpg 2x" data-file-width="755" data-file-height="960" /></a></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><span 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rgb(235,235,210)"> <th colspan="2"><div style="text-align: center"><a href="/wiki/Conservation_status" title="Conservation status">Conservation status</a></div> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><div style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-default-size skin-invert-image" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Status_iucn3.1_LC.svg/220px-Status_iucn3.1_LC.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="59" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Status_iucn3.1_LC.svg/330px-Status_iucn3.1_LC.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Status_iucn3.1_LC.svg/440px-Status_iucn3.1_LC.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="137" /></span></span><br /><a href="/wiki/Least_Concern" class="mw-redirect" title="Least Concern">Least Concern</a> <small> (<a href="/wiki/IUCN_Red_List" title="IUCN Red List">IUCN 3.1</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-iucn_status_12_November_2021_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iucn_status_12_November_2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></small></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; min-width:15em; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Taxonomy_(biology)" title="Taxonomy (biology)">Scientific classification</a> <span class="plainlinks taxobox-edit-taxonomy skin-invert" style="font-size:smaller; float:right; padding-right:0.4em; margin-left:-3em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Template:Taxonomy/Pachycoccyx" title="Edit this classification"><img alt="Edit this classification" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/15px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/23px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8a/OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg/30px-OOjs_UI_icon_edit-ltr.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="20" data-file-height="20" /></a></span></span> </th></tr> <tr> <td>Domain: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Eukaryote" title="Eukaryote">Eukaryota</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Kingdom: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Animal" title="Animal">Animalia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Phylum: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chordate" title="Chordate">Chordata</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Class: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bird" title="Bird">Aves</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Order: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cuculiformes" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuculiformes">Cuculiformes</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Family: </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Cuckoo" title="Cuckoo">Cuculidae</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Genus: </td> <td><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>Pachycoccyx</i></a><br /><small><a href="/wiki/Jean_Cabanis" title="Jean Cabanis">Cabanis</a>, 1882</small> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Species: </td> <td><div style="display:inline" class="species"><i><b>P. audeberti</b></i></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="2" style="color:inherit; text-align: center; background-color: rgb(235,235,210)"><a href="/wiki/Binomial_nomenclature" title="Binomial nomenclature">Binomial name</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><b><span class="binomial"><span style="font-weight:normal;"></span><i>Pachycoccyx audeberti</i></span></b><br /><div style="font-size: 85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Hermann_Schlegel" title="Hermann Schlegel">Schlegel</a>, 1879)</div> </td></tr> </tbody></table><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238732961">@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:transparent}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota tr{background:transparent!important}html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox.biota img{background:white}}.mw-parser-output .infobox.biota .taxobox-edit-taxonomy img{background:transparent!important}body.skin-vector .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox{margin-top:0.5em}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output table.biota.infobox tr.taxonrow td{padding:2px 10px}</style> <p>The <b>thick-billed cuckoo</b> (<i><b>Pachycoccyx audeberti</b></i>) is a species of <a href="/wiki/Cuckoo" title="Cuckoo">cuckoo</a> in the family <a href="/wiki/Cuculidae" class="mw-redirect" title="Cuculidae">Cuculidae</a>. It is <a href="/wiki/Monotypic" class="mw-redirect" title="Monotypic">monotypic</a> within the genus <i><b>Pachycoccyx</b></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It can easily be distinguished from other brood parasitic cuckoo species by its very thick bill, which is shaped in a rather hawk-like fashion. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Taxonomy">Taxonomy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thick-billed_cuckoo&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Taxonomy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In a molecular genetic study by Sorenson and Payne (2005), the thick-billed cuckoo appeared to be most closely related to the koels, consisting of the <a href="/wiki/Dwarf_koel" title="Dwarf koel">dwarf koel</a> (<i>Microdynamis parva</i>) and the true <a href="/wiki/Koel" title="Koel">koels</a> (<i>Eudynamys</i>), although the evidence was not very strong and further research was required.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Range_and_habitat">Range and habitat</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thick-billed_cuckoo&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Range and habitat"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The thick-billed cuckoo is found in humid to subhumid woodlands and <a href="/wiki/Gallery_forests" class="mw-redirect" title="Gallery forests">gallery forests</a> from <a href="/wiki/Guinea" title="Guinea">Guinea</a> in the northwest to <a href="/wiki/Mozambique" title="Mozambique">Mozambique</a> in the southeast, though it is absent from large areas of the <a href="/wiki/Congo_Basin" title="Congo Basin">Congo Basin</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-iucn_status_12_November_2021_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iucn_status_12_November_2021-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-avian_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-avian-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It formerly occurred in the rainforests of northeastern <a href="/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a>, but has not been reported from that island since 1922.<sup id="cite_ref-guide_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guide-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In its southernmost regions the thick-billed cuckoo is partially migratory, spending the southern <a href="/wiki/Dry_season" title="Dry season">dry season</a> in East Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Habits">Habits</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thick-billed_cuckoo&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Habits"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>It is a typical cuckoo in terms of behaviour, feeding on hairy <a href="/wiki/Caterpillar" title="Caterpillar">caterpillars</a>, but also having a strong preference for <a href="/wiki/Grasshopper" title="Grasshopper">grasshoppers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Praying_mantis" class="mw-redirect" title="Praying mantis">praying mantises</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Breeding">Breeding</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thick-billed_cuckoo&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Breeding"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The thick-billed cuckoo is a specialised <a href="/wiki/Brood_parasite" class="mw-redirect" title="Brood parasite">brood parasite</a> of <a href="/wiki/Helmetshrikes" class="mw-redirect" title="Helmetshrikes">helmetshrikes</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-avian_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-avian-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> being known to almost exclusive parasitise three species in the <a href="/wiki/Red-billed_helmetshrike" title="Red-billed helmetshrike">red-billed</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chestnut-fronted_helmetshrike" title="Chestnut-fronted helmetshrike">chestnut-fronted helmetshrike</a> in its eastern range and the <a href="/wiki/Chestnut-bellied_helmetshrike" class="mw-redirect" title="Chestnut-bellied helmetshrike">chestnut-bellied helmetshrike</a> in West Africa, so limiting its breeding range to closed canopy forest habitat of the host in this region.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the case of the well-studied red-billed helmetshrike, the thick-billed cuckoo has caused probably the most dramatic reduction in nesting success by any brood parasitic bird, with one group of helmetshrikes unable to rear any of their own nestlings for five years and ten breeding attempts,<sup id="cite_ref-avian_4-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-avian-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with overall between 35 and 55 percent of nests parasitised. It is almost certain that the extinct Malagasy subspecies parasitised <a href="/wiki/Vanga" title="Vanga">vangas</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-guide_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-guide-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> which are related to the helmetshrikes. This species’ parasitism of the helmetshrikes may complement the similarly sized <a href="/wiki/Black_cuckoo" title="Black cuckoo">black cuckoo</a> which exclusively parasitises <a href="/wiki/Bush_shrike" class="mw-redirect" title="Bush shrike">bush shrikes</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Thick-billed_cuckoo&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-iucn_status_12_November_2021-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-iucn_status_12_November_2021_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-iucn_status_12_November_2021_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFBirdLife_International2016" class="citation journal cs1">BirdLife International (2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/22683823/93003301">"<i>Pachycoccyx audeberti</i>"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/IUCN_Red_List" title="IUCN Red List">IUCN Red List of Threatened Species</a></i>. <b>2016</b>: e.T22683823A93003301. <a href="/wiki/Doi_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="Doi (identifier)">doi</a>:<span class="id-lock-free" title="Freely accessible"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://doi.org/10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683823A93003301.en">10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683823A93003301.en</a></span><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">12 November</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=IUCN+Red+List+of+Threatened+Species&rft.atitle=Pachycoccyx+audeberti&rft.volume=2016&rft.pages=e.T22683823A93003301&rft.date=2016&rft_id=info%3Adoi%2F10.2305%2FIUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683823A93003301.en&rft.au=BirdLife+International&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.iucnredlist.org%2Fspecies%2F22683823%2F93003301&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThick-billed+cuckoo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMary_Katherine_Rowan1983" class="citation book cs1">Mary Katherine Rowan (1983). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=qrsOAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA290">"Genus <i>Pachycoccyx</i> Cabvanis, 1882"</a>. <i>The Doves, Parrots, Louries, and Cuckoos of Southern Africa</i>. <a href="/wiki/Taylor_%26_Francis" title="Taylor & Francis">Taylor & Francis</a>. pp. 290–297. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-908396-66-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-908396-66-5"><bdi>978-0-908396-66-5</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=bookitem&rft.atitle=Genus+Pachycoccyx+Cabvanis%2C+1882&rft.btitle=The+Doves%2C+Parrots%2C+Louries%2C+and+Cuckoos+of+Southern+Africa&rft.pages=290-297&rft.pub=Taylor+%26+Francis&rft.date=1983&rft.isbn=978-0-908396-66-5&rft.au=Mary+Katherine+Rowan&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DqrsOAAAAQAAJ%26pg%3DPA290&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThick-billed+cuckoo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Sorenson, Michael D.; <a href="/wiki/Robert_B._Payne" title="Robert B. Payne">Payne, Robert B.</a> (2005). "A molecular genetic analysis of cuckoo phylogeny". In Payne, Robert B. <i>The Cuckoos</i>. Oxford University Press. pp. 90, 93. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-19-850213-3" title="Special:BookSources/0-19-850213-3">0-19-850213-3</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-avian-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-avian_4-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-avian_4-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-avian_4-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Paul_Johnsgard" title="Paul Johnsgard">Johnsgard, Paul A.</a>; <i>The Avian Brood Parasites: Deception at the Nest</i>; pp. 159-161 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0195110420" title="Special:BookSources/0195110420">0195110420</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-guide-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-guide_5-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-guide_5-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Langrand, Olivier; <i>Guide to the Birds of Madagascar</i>; pp. 212-213. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0300043104" title="Special:BookSources/0300043104">0300043104</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Newman, Kenneth; <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=yYqLZtf5w0gC&q=%22Thick-billed+cuckoo%22">Newman’s Birds of Southern Africa</a></i>; p. 232. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1868727351" title="Special:BookSources/1868727351">1868727351</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">MacLean, Gordon; Roberts’ Birds of Southern Africa (Sixth Edition); p. 330 <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780620175838" title="Special:BookSources/9780620175838">9780620175838</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFAllportFanshawe1994" class="citation journal cs1">Allport, Gary; Fanshawe, John (1994). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/302960010">"Is the Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti a forest dependent species in West Africa?"</a>. <i>Malimbus</i>. <b>16</b>: 52–53.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=Malimbus&rft.atitle=Is+the+Thick-billed+Cuckoo+Pachycoccyx+audeberti+a+forest+dependent+species+in+West+Africa%3F&rft.volume=16&rft.pages=52-53&rft.date=1994&rft.aulast=Allport&rft.aufirst=Gary&rft.au=Fanshawe%2C+John&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.researchgate.net%2Fpublication%2F302960010&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThick-billed+cuckoo" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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