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Indian Cuckoo
Cuculidae
Photo: Faisal Akram from Dhaka, Bangladesh · CC BY-SA 2.0 (May be cropped or resized)
Cuculus micropterus
Basic stats
Diet
Hairy caterpillars and other insects; sometimes fruit
Habitat
Forest and open woodland, up to 3,600m
Range
India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia, north to China and Russia
The Indian cuckoo, or short-winged cuckoo, is a solitary, shy cuckoo of forest and open woodland, recorded up to 3,600 m. Both sexes have grey upperparts and a broadly black-barred underside, and the tail has a broad dark band near the tip and a white end. Its range runs from India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia and north to China and Russia (Wikipedia, general species account).
The call is a loud four-note phrase, transcribed as orange-pekoe or one more bottle. It eats hairy caterpillars and other insects and sometimes fruit, usually in the upper canopy, occasionally making aerial sallies for flying termites (Wikipedia, general species account).
Quick answers
- What does the Indian Cuckoo eat?
- Hairy caterpillars and other insects; sometimes fruit
- What habitat does the Indian Cuckoo live in?
- Forest and open woodland, up to 3,600m
- Where is the Indian Cuckoo found?
- India and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia, north to China and Russia