This African cuckoo stands out for its heavy yellow bill and greenish-blue back and tail. It searches the forest for insects and small animals.
Its head, throat, and belly are gray. It has a heavy yellow bill, with greenish-blue wings, back, and tail.
It uses dense forest, riverine forest, and forest edges. It eats insects, frogs, slugs, fruit, seeds, and leaves. Rather than laying eggs in other birds’ nests, both adults care for their young.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.