Cuckoos
Order: Cuculiformes Family: Cuculidae
The cuckoos are generally medium sized slender birds. The majority are arboreal, with a sizeable minority that are terrestrial. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, with the majority of species being tropical. The temperate species are migratory. The cuckoos feed on insects, insect larvae and a variety of other animals, as well as fruit. Many species are brood parasites, laying their eggs in the nests of other species, but the majority of species raise their own young.
- Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo Cuculus fugax
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
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“Clandestine steps upon imagined stairs
Climb through the night, because his cuckoos call.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“Hark, hark, with what a pretty throat
Poor robin-redbreast tunes his note;
Hark, how the jolly cuckoos sing
Cuckoo—to welcome in the spring!
Cuckoo—to welcome in the spring!”
—John Lyly (1553–1606)