Birds of Indian Subcontinent - Banded Bay Cuckoo

Conservation status

Least Concern

Population Trend

Stable

Alternate Names

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Native Habitat

Deciduous Forests

Diet

Caterpillars, Insects, Bugs

Banded Bay Cuckoo

Cacomantis sonneratii

Regional Names

Malayalam:
ചെങ്കുയിൽ
Marathi:
पट्टेदार कोकीळ
Nepali:
धर्के खैरो कोइली
Tamil:
செங்குயில்

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Taxanomy

CUCULIFORMES
CUCULIDAE
Cacomantis sonneratii

Quick Facts

It is a brood parasite of ioras, bulbuls, minivets.

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