Aviceda cuculoides

Swainson, 1837 · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Accipitriformes/Accipitridae/Aviceda

At a glance

Occurrence records8 236

Data sources9

Biological traits30

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Aviceda cuculoides's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation10 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility8 236 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

NCBIUS National Library of Medicinegenome & karyotype↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources30 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF8 236 records

Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI≈1.2 Gbp

01Narrative

The African cuckoo-hawk, or African baza, (Aviceda cuculoides) is a medium-sized raptor in the family Accipitridae so named because it resembles the common cuckoo. It is found in sub-Saharan Africa and along the eastern parts of Southern Africa, preferring dense woodland and forest of either indigenous or exotic trees.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAVONETAmnioteDBEltonTraits

Size & morphology12

Beak depth13.9 mm

Beak length (culmen)25.5 mm

Beak length (nares)17.1 mm

Beak width10.6 mm

Body mass276 g

Hand-wing index42.4

Kipp's distance114 mm

SVL40.5 cm

Secondary length154 mm

Tail length154 mm

Tarsus length33 mm

Wing length265 mm

Life cycle & reproduction5

Egg mass31.4 g

Fledging age29 days

Incubation32.5 days

Litter size2

Litters per year1 /year

Diet & foraging9

Fish20 %

Ground33 %

Invertebrate40 %

Midhigh33 %

Trophic levelcarnivore

Trophic nicheVertivore

Understory33 %

Vertebrate ectotherm30 %

Vertebrate endotherm10 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatForest

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleInsessorial

Range size10 593 852 km²

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Aviceda cuculoides has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceGoaT · NCBI

The complete instruction manual Aviceda cuculoides carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Genome size≈1 187 801 673 bp assembly estimate

Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

THIS GENOME Aviceda cuculoides1.19 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Assembly level tells you how finished the sequence is — from fragmented contigs, through scaffolds, up to a full chromosome-level assembly. BUSCO % estimates completeness: the share of genes expected to be present that were actually found. These describe the data quality, not the organism.

Assembly levelScaffold

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type8 236 records

Wild obs. + sensor8 199

Museum / vouchered2

Other35

Origin

Native1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO10 760 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy88% within 1 km

≤100 m 274≤1 km 79≤10 km 34>10 km 13

400 georeferenced · 7 799 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor8 199

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy0% within 1 km

>10 km 1

1 georeferenced · 1 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence2

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Institution	Specimens
Provincia di Livornolocation not on record	1
CPMMlocation not on record	1

2 institutions · 2 of 2 vouchered records shown

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Aviceda cuculoides

At a glance

Sources9 archives

Size & morphology12

Life cycle & reproduction5

Diet & foraging9

Habitat & environment4

At a glance

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Sequencing statusassembly quality — how far to trust these numbers

Record type8 236 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Record type8 236 records