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Thursday, January 16, 2014

INDIAN CUCKOO ( CUCULUS MICROPTERUS )

Name: The Indian Cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus) 
Place:  Muzaffarpur, Bihar

The Indian Cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds. It is found in south Asia, Indonesia north to China and Russia. It is a solitary and shy bird and having distinctive call. The Indian Cuckoo is a brood parasite. It lays its single egg mostly in the nests of drongos and crows. It removes and eats an egg from the host nest before laying its own egg.
  
The Indian Cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus)  at Muzaffarpur , Bihar

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