Lesser cuckoo
| Lesser cuckoo | |
|---|---|
| Song recorded in Japan | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Genus: | Cuculus |
| Species: | C. poliocephalus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cuculus poliocephalus Latham, 1790
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The lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae.
It is native to East Asia and the Himalayas ; it winters to East Africa and Sri Lanka.