Olive long-tailed cuckoo
Cercococcyx olivinus Sassi, 1912
The olive long-tailed cuckoo (Cercococcyx olivinus) is a species in the family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes. Recorded adults weigh about 65.9 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
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Quick facts about the olive long-tailed cuckoo
- Weight
- 65.9 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Young per litter or clutch
- Not recorded
- Lifestyle
- Perchingsrc for Lifestyle
- Migration
- Sedentarysrc for Migration
- Conservation status
- Least Concern (IUCN)src for Conservation status
- Countries on record
- Not recorded
Where does the olive long-tailed cuckoo live?
Not recorded
What is the olive long-tailed cuckoo?
The olive long-tailed cuckoo (Cercococcyx olivinus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae.
It is found throughout the African tropical rainforest.
It lays its nests on the ground, and forages from the canopy of trees.
Olive long-tailed cuckoos do not flock in groups.
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Is the olive long-tailed cuckoo endangered?
The olive long-tailed cuckoo is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List: it is not currently at risk of extinction.
- LCLeast Concern
- NTNear Threatened
- VUVulnerable
- ENEndangered
- CRCritically Endangered
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- EXExtinct
Category via Wikidata (CC0). Find the full assessment on the IUCN Red List. See all Least Concern species. What the categories mean.
How is the olive long-tailed cuckoo classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderCuculiformes
- familyCuculidae
- genusCercococcyx
- SpeciesCercococcyx olivinus Sassi, 1912
Other names and names in other languages (30)
- OLTCEnglish
- وقواق طويل الذيل الزيتونيArabic
- cucut cuallarg olivaciCatalan
- kukačka olivováCzech
- cog gynffonhir gyffredinWelsh
- OlivengøgDanish
- OlivkuckuckGerman
- oliveca vostokukoloEsperanto
- Cuco colilargo oliváceoSpanish
- oliiv-händkäguEstonian
- oliivikäkiFinnish
- Coucou olivâtreFrench
- maslinastoleđa kukavicaCroatian
- Cuculo codalunga olivaceoItalian
- オリーブオナガカッコウJapanese
- alyvinė ilgauodegė gegutėLithuanian
- Bruine LangstaartkoekoekDutch
- jungelhalegjøkNorwegian
- kukułka oliwkowaPolish
- cuco-oliváceoPortuguese
- Оливковая кукушкаRussian
- Оливковая длиннохвостая кукушкаRussian
- kukučka olivováSlovak
- Maslinasta dugorepa kukavicaSerbian
- olivgrå långstjärtsgökSwedish
- Uzun Kuyruklu GugukTurkish
- Zeytuni uzun kuyruklu gugukTurkish
- зозуля-довгохвіст оливковаUkrainian
- 绿长尾鹃Chinese
- 橄綠長尾鵑Chinese
Relatives of the olive long-tailed cuckoo
Other species in the same genus Cercococcyx.
Dusky long-tailed cuckoo
Cercococcyx mechowi
Barred long-tailed cuckoo
Cercococcyx montanus
CompareOlive long-tailed cuckoo vs Dusky long-tailed cuckooOlive long-tailed cuckoo vs Barred long-tailed cuckoo
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the olive long-tailed cuckoo?
An adult olive long-tailed cuckoo weighs 65.9 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the olive long-tailed cuckoo endangered?
The olive long-tailed cuckoo is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List, meaning it is not currently at risk of extinction.
What kind of animal is the olive long-tailed cuckoo?
The olive long-tailed cuckoo (Cercococcyx olivinus) belongs to the family Cuculidae in the order Cuculiformes.
Sources and how to cite this page
Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.
- An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles · CC0 1.0 · E096-269
Myhrvold, N.P., Baldridge, E., Chan, B., Sivam, D., Freeman, D.L. & Ernest, S.K.M. (2015) An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96: 3109. https://doi.org/10.1890/15-0846R.1. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.3563457.v1 - AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds · CC BY 4.0 · v7
Tobias, J.A. et al. (2022) AVONET: morphological, ecological and geographical data for all birds. Ecology Letters 25: 581–597. https://doi.org/10.1111/ele.13898. Data: https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.16586228.v7 - Catalogue of Life eXtended Release · CC BY 4.0 · 2026-10-16 XR
Catalogue of Life (2026). Catalogue of Life eXtended Release, version 2026-10-16 XR. Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgzlf - Wikidata · CC0 1.0 · 2026-11-11
Wikidata contributors. Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org (data retrieved via the Wikidata Query Service). - Wikipedia (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · 2026-11-11
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