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Cuckoo |
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Bird Orders |
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Jacobin Cuckoo,
Oxylophus jacobinus |
Alternate name |
| Clamator
jacobinus |
Scientific name |
| Cuculiformes |
Order |
| Cuculidae |
Family |
| 33-34
cms |
Length |
| Dry savanna, grassland
up tp 3,000m, in:- Afghanistan,
Angola, Bangladesh, Benin, Bhutan, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African
Republic, Chad, China, Cote d'Ivoire, Congo, Democratic Rep. of
Congo, Equatorial
Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, [Gulf of Guinea Islands:-
Principe & Sao Tome] India, Iran, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Togo, Uganda, Yemen, Zambia & Zimbabwe. |
Habitat-Altitude-Range |
| Usually 1 egg per nest
but up to 4. Incubation 11days. |
Clutch |
| Large insects and
larvae. |
Food Diet |
| Eggs & young of
host not ejected but young are trampled to death. |
Habits |
| 1189 |
World Number |
Least
Concern |
Status |
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