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Clamator jacobinus pica |
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Clamator jacobinus serratus |
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Coucou jacobin |
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Jacobin Cuckoo |
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| Katobotobo (Kiluba-PNU ) ; katodi(Tshiluba) ; chiejipwe (Lunda) ; lwitamfula (Kibemba) | |
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Resembles the african striped cuckoo biut has white belly and throat and lack dark stripes. Has a hoopoe and white spots on the wings. |
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This migratory birds arrives in Katanga during the rainy season. This corresponds to the abundance of insects which the cuckoo feeds on. This bird is called by the Bemba "the one who calls the rain", which demonstrates the sense of observation of villagers. |
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Mainly parasitises nests of bulbul and of shrikes. |
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Warning :
This database was established according to official pieces of work and with the help of famous scientists. However, there might be some errors.
The vernacular names were collected in the field and in the colonial literature from the first part of the 20th century. The monks who established the first dictionaries were not necessarily informed naturalists. Therefore, errors must have been committed.
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