
Red-chested Cuckoo
Marginally better photo than my last one but as this bird spends the majority of its time high up in the trees, I think this is the best I am going to get! A summer visitor to South Africa this cuckoo has a very distinctive call and in SA they call it 'Piet my Vrou' which literally means 'Peter my Wife' as this is what the call sounds like (apparently). All I can say is that the call is incessant and it call start up at any time of day or night and continue non-stop for hours on end.

The Red-chested Cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is a medium-sized bird, found in Africa south of the Sahara. In Afrikaans, it is known as "Piet-my-vrou", after its call.
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