L=32.5cm
Oriental Cuckoo (Adult)
Oriental Cuckoo (Red Phase)
| No.187 | Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | L=32.5cm |
Rank : 3 |
| Summer Visitor | ||||
| Common summervisitor in Asakawa River basin. During a walk on forest road in earlysummer, the species’ monotone po-po po-po voice may be heard. Althoughsimilar to Common Cuckoo, Little Cuckoo, Hodgson’s Hawk-Cuckoo, their voicesare quite different from each other and easily recognizable. Like othercuckoos, the species is brood-parasitic, and lays its eggs in other bird’snests, mainly the nest of Eastern Crowned-Warbler. | ||||
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Oriental Cuckoo (Adult) |
Oriental Cuckoo (Red Phase) |
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