#Cuculiformes
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herpsandbirds · 4 months ago
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Diederik Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius), family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes, South Africa
Photograph by Johan Frost
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snototter · 10 months ago
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A greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) does a great run across a road in the USA
by Wendy Miller
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awkwardbirdsdreaming · 5 months ago
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Bird #24 - the diederik cuckoo (LC)
Adult female plumage.
Also known as the didric or dideric cuckoo; named after the male's loud territorial call that consists of a few long repeated 'dee's followed by a quick 'derik'. This cuckoo lives throughout sub-Saharan Africa, but also further north in the Arabian peninsula. Females and juveniles have this shiny coppery colour, but males are more of a glossy forest green with some blue and copper hints.
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spinus-pinus · 1 month ago
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Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
7/27/2023 Guanacaste, Costa Rica
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birdblues · 4 months ago
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Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo
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haveyouseenthisbirdpoll · 4 months ago
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alonglistofbirds · 9 months ago
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[2690/11080] Coquerel's coua - Coua coquereli
Order: Cuculiformes (cuckoos) Family: Cuculidae Genus: Coua (couas)
Photo credit: Tomáš Grim via Macaulay Library
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taxonomytournament · 10 months ago
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Taxonomy Tournament: Birds
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Strisores. This clade is made up of various small birds, such as swifts, hummingbirds, and nightjars.
Cuculiformes. This order is made up of cukoos, including roadrunners.
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birding-with-tortoise · 24 days ago
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Greater Coucal or Crow Pheasant (Centropus sinensis)
Sighted in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India
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auntie-birdie · 2 months ago
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Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani)
© Marky Mutchler
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proton-wobbler · 1 year ago
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Loser's Bracket: Round 2, Poll 2
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Sources: Roadrunner (Luke Seitz); Blue Nuthatch (Neoh Hor Kee); Treeswift (Frédéric PELSY); Beautiful Nuthatch (Arpit Bansal)
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herpsandbirds · 8 months ago
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Bornean Ground-Cuckoos (Carpococcyx radiceus), family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes, Sabah, Borneo
photograph by Clement Lee
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snototter · 7 months ago
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Guira cuckoos (Guira guira) in Brazil's Pantanal
by Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith
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awkwardbirdsdreaming · 2 months ago
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Bird #48 - the pied cuckoo (LC)
Also known as the Jacobin cuckoo or the pied crested cuckoo. You can see them in sub-Saharan Africa, Saudi Arabia or India. These birds are brood parasites, which cuckoos are of course famous for! In Africa, males have been seen distracting the hosts while the female sneaks in.
To get their eggs into a host's nest, they have to be super fast; Females just drop the egg in while perched on the rim of the nest. They don't even bother with sitting down! The cuckoo egg sometimes drops onto and cracks a host's egg, so I guess it benefits the cuckoos to just chuck it in like that.
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spinus-pinus · 1 month ago
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Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
7/27/2023 Guanacaste, Costa Rica
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birdblues · 1 year ago
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Greater Roadrunner
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