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title: "Kukułka żałobna"
description: "Clamator levaillantii — Ptaki. Levaillant's cuckoo (Clamator levaillantii) is a cuckoo which is a resident breeding species in Africa south of the Sahara."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/levaillant-s-cuckoo
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kukułka żałobna

> Clamator levaillantii — Ptaki. Levaillant's cuckoo (Clamator levaillantii) is a cuckoo which is a resident breeding species in Africa south of the Sahara.

- Scientific name: *Clamator levaillantii*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: `savanna` (Sawanna)
- iNaturalist observations: 815
- Wikidata: [Q855316](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q855316)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1793](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1793)

## Names

- en: Levaillant's Cuckoo
- de: Kapkuckuck
- es: Críalo Listado
- fr: Coucou de Levaillant
- nl: Levaillants koekoek
- pt: Cuco-da-cafraria
- pl: Kukułka żałobna

## Countries with the most observations

ZA (325), BW (46), ZW (46), BJ (44), UG (36), GM (35), BF (26), GH (26), MW (18), ZM (18), NG (13), TZ (13)

## Summary

Levaillant's cuckoo (Clamator levaillantii) is a cuckoo which is a resident breeding species in Africa south of the Sahara. It is found in bushy habitats.  It is a brood parasite, using the nests of bulbuls and babblers.  It was named in honour of the French explorer, collector and ornithologist, François Le Vaillant.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levaillant%27s_cuckoo

## Photo

![Kukułka żałobna](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/levaillant-s-cuckoo/medium.jpg)

Photo: Kelly Abram · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/200193597

## Machine access

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