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Grey-bellied Cuckoo

Conservation status

Least Concern

Population Trend

Stable

Alternate Names

Indian Plaintive Cuckoo

Native Habitat

Light Woodland

Diet

Insects, Caterpillars

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Grey-bellied Cuckoo

Cacomantis passerinus

Small cuckoo of open forests and forest edge. Typical adult is gray all over. Some females are “hepatic” and are ginger-orangish with black barring on the back and on the undersides.

Regional Names
  • Gujarati:
    નાની રાખોડી કોયલ
  • Hindi:
    छोटा पपीहा
  • Malayalam:
    ചെറുകുയിൽ
  • Marathi:
    कारुण्य कोकीळा, छोटा पावशा
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Taxanomy

CUCULIFORMES
CUCULIDAE
Cacomantis passerinus

Quick Facts
  • It is a brood parasite, and lays eggs in the nests of warblers.