| Red-chested cuckoo | |
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| Red-chested cuckoo at Kibale Forest National Park, Uganda | |
| Calls recorded in Kitale, Kenya | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Genus: | Cuculus |
| Species: | C. solitarius
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| Binomial name | |
| Cuculus solitarius Stephens, 1815
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The red-chested cuckoo (Cuculus solitarius) (or Nyamuthowathowane in the Luvenḓa (Venḓa) language), 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.[2]
- ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Cuculus solitarius". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T22683862A93004360. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683862A93004360.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Sinclair, Ian (31 July 1995). Voëls van Suider-Afrika. Struik. ISBN 1-86825-197-7.