Cuckoos
Order: Cuculiformes. Family: Cuculidae
The family Cuculidae includes cuckoos, roadrunners and anis. These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails and strong legs. Unlike the cuckoo species of the Old World, North American cuckoos are not brood parasites. There are 138 species worldwide and 2 species which occur in Fiji.
Species | Viti Levu | Vana Levu | Taveuni | Kadavu | Lomaiviti | Lau | Rotuma |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis |
B | B | B | B | B | ||
Long-tailed Koel Eudynamys taitensis |
M | M | M | M | M | M |
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Fiji
Famous quotes containing the word cuckoos:
“Clandestine steps upon imagined stairs
Climb through the night, because his cuckoos call.”
—Wallace Stevens (18791955)
“Hark, hark, with what a pretty throat
Poor robin-redbreast tunes his note;
Hark, how the jolly cuckoos sing
Cuckooto welcome in the spring!
Cuckooto welcome in the spring!”
—John Lyly (15531606)