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title: "Heremietkoekoek"
description: "Cuculus solitarius — Vogels. The red-chested cuckoo (Cuculus solitarius) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/red-chested-cuckoo
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Heremietkoekoek

> Cuculus solitarius — Vogels. The red-chested cuckoo (Cuculus solitarius) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae.

- Scientific name: *Cuculus solitarius*
- Category: `birds` (Vogels)
- Habitats: `forest` (Bos)
- iNaturalist observations: 1170
- Wikidata: [Q639053](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q639053)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1903](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1903)

## Names

- en: Red-chested Cuckoo
- de: Einsiedlerkuckuck
- es: Cuco Solitario
- fr: Coucou solitaire
- nl: Heremietkoekoek
- pt: Cuco-de-peito-vermelho
- pl: Kukułka rdzawopierśna

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (682), KE (95), UG (73), TZ (67), ZW (25), ZM (16), MW (12), CD (11), GA (8), SZ (8), AO (7), MZ (7)

## Summary

The red-chested cuckoo (Cuculus solitarius) 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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-chested_cuckoo

## Photo

![Heremietkoekoek](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/red-chested-cuckoo/medium.jpg)

Photo: Martin Tlustos · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/204694432

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/red-chested-cuckoo?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).