16 March 2025

Indian Cuckoo

Cuculiformes - Cuculidae - Cuculus micropterus (Sewah India)

Sleek and slender gray-and-white cuckoo. Loud, far-carrying song is unique: four hooting notes, often likened to “onemore-boh-tul!” or “crossword-puh-zuhl.” Adult is similar in size and coloration to Oriental, Himalayan, and Common Cuckoos, but note dark eyes and darker back and wings. Juvenile patchy-looking, often showing a whitish crown and collar and white edging to the wing feathers. Favors forests, forest edges, and parklands. Lays its eggs in the nests of a wide range of birds, including magpies, shrikes, and drongos.
(eBird)

 



Silent or vocal, a prize in waiting.



* Simplicity in habit - born of non-interference, non-imposition, non-desire *
- act neutral, allow things to run its course -




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