Thick-billed cuckoo
Pachycoccyx audeberti (Schlegel, 1879)
The thick-billed cuckoo (Pachycoccyx audeberti) is a species in the family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes. Recorded adults weigh 92 g to 113 g. Its IUCN Red List status is Least Concern.
Quick facts about the thick-billed cuckoo
- Weight
- 92 g – 113 gsrc for Weight
- Length
- Not recorded
- Lifespan
- Not recorded
- Diet
- Invertivoresrc for Diet
- Main food
- Not recorded
- Habitat
- forestsrc for Habitat
- Egg incubation
- 13 dayssrc for Egg incubation
- Young per litter or clutch
- 1.1src for Young per litter or clutch
- 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 thick-billed cuckoo live?
Not recorded
What is the thick-billed cuckoo?
The thick-billed cuckoo (Pachycoccyx audeberti) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is monotypic within the genus Pachycoccyx. It can easily be distinguished from other brood parasitic cuckoo species by its very thick bill, which is shaped in a rather hawk-like fashion.
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Is the thick-billed cuckoo endangered?
The thick-billed 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 thick-billed cuckoo classified?
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- classAves
- orderCuculiformes
- familyCuculidae
- genusPachycoccyx
- SpeciesPachycoccyx audeberti (Schlegel, 1879)
Synonyms Cuculus audeberti
Other names and names in other languages (32)
- DikbekkoekoekAfrikaans
- وقواق سميك المنقارArabic
- cucut cuaampleCatalan
- kukačka dravčíCzech
- kukačka tlustozobáCzech
- cog ylfinbraffWelsh
- TyknæbsgøgDanish
- Tyknæbbet GøgDanish
- DickschnabelkuckuckGerman
- dikbeka kukoloEsperanto
- Críalo piquigruesoSpanish
- miombokäguEstonian
- paksunokkakäkiFinnish
- Coucou d'AudebertFrench
- Coucou d’AudebertFrench
- bjelotrba kukavicaCroatian
- Cuculo beccogrossoItalian
- ハシブトカッコウJapanese
- storasnapė gegutėLithuanian
- KakafotraMalagasy
- DiksnavelkoekoekDutch
- hvitbrystgjøkNorwegian
- kukułka grubodziobaPolish
- cuco-de-bico-grossoPortuguese
- Толстоклювая кукушкаRussian
- kukučka hrubozobáSlovak
- Debelokljuna kukavicaSerbian
- tjocknäbbad gökSwedish
- Kalın Gagalı GugukTurkish
- зозуля товстодзьобаUkrainian
- 厚嘴鵑Chinese
- 厚嘴杜鹃Chinese
Relatives of the thick-billed cuckoo
Other species in the same family Cuculidae.
Common cuckoo
Cuculus canorus
Asian koel
Eudynamys scolopaceus
Jacobin cuckoo
Clamator jacobinus
Greater coucal
Centropus sinensis
Great spotted cuckoo
Clamator glandarius
Greater roadrunner
Geococcyx californianus
CompareThick-billed cuckoo vs Common cuckooThick-billed cuckoo vs Asian koelThick-billed cuckoo vs Jacobin cuckooThick-billed cuckoo vs Greater coucal
Common questions
Answered only where our data holds the answer.
How big is the thick-billed cuckoo?
An adult thick-billed cuckoo weighs 92 g – 113 g, according to values recorded on Wikidata.
Is the thick-billed cuckoo endangered?
The thick-billed 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 thick-billed cuckoo?
The thick-billed cuckoo (Pachycoccyx audeberti) 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.
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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
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