Cuckoo Birds Pictures
Fork-tailed drongo cuckoo-On the first glance it looks like a black drongo. But on a closer look, the peculiar eye and beak of a cuckoo confirm that this bird belongs to the cuckoo family.These cuckoo species are brood parasites, laying eggs in the nest of other birds and relying on the host to raise their young.
The overall plumage of fork-tailed drongo-cuckoo is black with steel-blue gloss. The head and upper back are less glossy. In the nape, there is often a concealed white patch at the base of the feathers.Both sexes look alike. — at Thattekad Bird Sanctuary.
A greater coucal. A member of the cuckoo order. about 48cm. The greater coucal or crow pheasant (Centropus sinensis), is a large non-parasitic member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes.
Asian Koel (Eudynamys Scolopaceus) aka Cuckoo
Asian Female Koel Cuckoo
Greater Roadrunner — at Kings Inn Seafood Rivera Texas.
Photo by Noel Laflin
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The beautiful Emerald Cuckoo is a summer visitor to Southern Africa, and it's called Is aptly described as "pretty Georgie.....pretty Georgie."
Asian Emerald Cuckoo (นกคัคคูมรกต) definitely has one of the most amazing plumage. Here's a male with all glossy green head and upperparts. Female is similar but with an orange crown.
African Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus) Kakum National Par, Ghana. Photo by Greg Metro
Asian Emerald Cuckoo Bhutan, April 2017 photo by Surajit Dutta
Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike
The Rufous-Vented Ground Cuckoo (Neomorphus geoffroyi) is a rare bird that follows army ants in the forest to forage the left overs from the ants' hunting!
After battling for two hours, finally, I got a good picture of this beautiful bird Pheasant cuckoo it is on Chan Chich Lodge site. Phot by Emil Flota
Guiro Cuckoo
"When I see you my heart smiles…."
Chestnut-breasted Malkoha is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae.
Found in Southeast Asia from Myanmar through to eastern Java, the Philippines, and Borneo, it is a large cuckoo measuring up to 49 cm (19 in) with grey and dark green upperparts and chestnut underparts, and a large curved pale upper mandible. The male and female are similar in plumage. Unlike many cuckoos, it builds its nest and raises its own young.
Coquerel's coua (Coua coquereli), a species of cuckoo, is endemic to subtropical or tropical dry forests of Madagascar.
Giant Coua (Coua gigas) - Endemic
Zombitse-Vohibasia NR, Madagascar 18/10/2016 member of Cuckoos family
Cuculo-Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo or Red-winged Crested Cuckoo (Clamator coromandus)in India by Jainy Kuriakose.
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The overall plumage of fork-tailed drongo-cuckoo is black with steel-blue gloss. The head and upper back are less glossy. In the nape, there is often a concealed white patch at the base of the feathers.Both sexes look alike. — at Thattekad Bird Sanctuary.
A greater coucal. A member of the cuckoo order. about 48cm. The greater coucal or crow pheasant (Centropus sinensis), is a large non-parasitic member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes.
Asian Koel (Eudynamys Scolopaceus) aka Cuckoo
Asian Female Koel Cuckoo
Greater Roadrunner — at Kings Inn Seafood Rivera Texas.
Photo by Noel Laflin
Yellow-Billed Cuckoo.
channel-billed-cuckoo
The beautiful Emerald Cuckoo is a summer visitor to Southern Africa, and it's called Is aptly described as "pretty Georgie.....pretty Georgie."
Asian Emerald Cuckoo (นกคัคคูมรกต) definitely has one of the most amazing plumage. Here's a male with all glossy green head and upperparts. Female is similar but with an orange crown.
African Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus) Kakum National Par, Ghana. Photo by Greg Metro
Asian Emerald Cuckoo Bhutan, April 2017 photo by Surajit Dutta
Black-faced Cuckoo Shrike
The Rufous-Vented Ground Cuckoo (Neomorphus geoffroyi) is a rare bird that follows army ants in the forest to forage the left overs from the ants' hunting!
After battling for two hours, finally, I got a good picture of this beautiful bird Pheasant cuckoo it is on Chan Chich Lodge site. Phot by Emil Flota
Guiro Cuckoo
"When I see you my heart smiles…."
Chestnut-breasted Malkoha is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae.
Found in Southeast Asia from Myanmar through to eastern Java, the Philippines, and Borneo, it is a large cuckoo measuring up to 49 cm (19 in) with grey and dark green upperparts and chestnut underparts, and a large curved pale upper mandible. The male and female are similar in plumage. Unlike many cuckoos, it builds its nest and raises its own young.
Coquerel's coua (Coua coquereli), a species of cuckoo, is endemic to subtropical or tropical dry forests of Madagascar.
Giant Coua (Coua gigas) - Endemic
Zombitse-Vohibasia NR, Madagascar 18/10/2016 member of Cuckoos family
Cuculo-Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
Common Hawk-cuckoo
Green-billed Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus tristis) by Ken Goh on Flickr. This non-parasitic cuckoo is found throughout South and Southeast Asia.
Crazy Bird! The Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani, Cuculidae) is a very gregarious cuckoo, easy to see in South America and usually found in noisy groups
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