Iconic Birds
Least Concern
Quick Facts
Mass0.09 kg
Facts sourced from Wikidata (CC0).
The Himalayan cuckoo or Oriental cuckoo is a brooding parasitic bird that is part of the Cuculidae family. The species breeds from the Himalayas eastward to southern China and Taiwan. It migrates to southeast Asia and the Greater Sunda Islands for the winter.
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