Sunda Cuckoo (Cuculus lepidus)
About the Sunda Cuckoo
The Sunda cuckoo or Sunda lesser cuckoo (Cuculus lepidus) is a South-east Asian bird belonging to the genus Cuculus in the cuckoo family, Cuculidae. It was formerly classified with the Himalayan cuckoo (C. saturatus) and Oriental cuckoo (C. optatus) in a single species, C. saturatus, but is now often regarded as a separate species based on differences in voice, size and plumage.
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We only publish recordings we may use commercially, because this site is supported by ads. xeno-canto lists 70 recordings for this species: 28 CC BY-NC-SA · 14 CC BY-NC-ND. None of them permits commercial use, so there is no player here — the page is kept as a profile so the bird is not missing from the guide.
As soon as someone uploads a freely licensed recording, we mirror it and the player appears here.
Listed as recorded in Indonesia, Malaysia in the xeno-canto catalogue.
Related species you can hear
- African CuckooCuculus gularisrecording
- Common CuckooCuculus canorusrecording
- Indian CuckooCuculus micropterusrecording
- Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitariusrecording
This species has no recording here yet — these relatives do, so you can hear what the family sounds like.