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Diederik Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius), family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes, South Africa
Photograph by Johan Frost
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A greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) does a great run across a road in the USA
by Wendy Miller
#greater roadrunner#roadrunners#cuckoos#birds#geococcyx californianus#geococcyx#cuculidae#cuculiformes#aves#chordata#wildlife: usa#wildife: north america
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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.
#cuculiformes#cuculidae#bird of the day#bird art#birds#bird#digital illustration#cuckoo#theyre surprisingly similar to the shining cuckoos that we have here in NZ#but less green#ig I thought that shining cuckoos looked pretty unique
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Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
7/27/2023 Guanacaste, Costa Rica
#look at this thing!!! it's a little dinosaur!!! augh#groove billed ani#ani#cuckoo#cuckoos#cuculidae#cuculiformes#costa rica#guanacaste#playas del coco#central america#bird#birds#bird photography#wildlife#nature#nature photography#wildlife photography#birding#birdwatching#my photos
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Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo
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#poll#bird#yellow billed cuckoo#cuculiformes#cuculidae#coccyzus#coccyzus americanus#america#north america#central america#south america
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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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Taxonomy Tournament: Birds
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.
#animals#biology#polls#poll tournament#zoology#swifts#hummingbirds#birds#tetrapods#cuckoos#roadrunners#Strisores#Cuculiformes#0x38v0xc7#animal tournament#Animal Tournament Round 1
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Greater Coucal or Crow Pheasant (Centropus sinensis)
Sighted in Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, India
#i'm back!#birb#bird photography#birdblr#birdphotography#birdwatching#birblr#birds#bird pics#cuculiformes#greater coucal
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Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani)
© Marky Mutchler
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Loser's Bracket: Round 2, Poll 2
Sources: Roadrunner (Luke Seitz); Blue Nuthatch (Neoh Hor Kee); Treeswift (Frédéric PELSY); Beautiful Nuthatch (Arpit Bansal)
#hipster bird losers bracket#animal polls#bird polls#lesser roadrunner#blue nuthatch#whiskered treeswift#beautiful nuthatch#passeriformes#cuculiformes#apodiformes#hemiprocnidae#cuculidae#sittidae#not me forgetting cuckoos aren't songbirds (oof)
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Bornean Ground-Cuckoos (Carpococcyx radiceus), family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes, Sabah, Borneo
photograph by Clement Lee
#ground cuckoo#cuckoo#carpococcyx#cuculidae#cuculiformes#bird#ornithology#animals#nature#borneo#asia
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Guira cuckoos (Guira guira) in Brazil's Pantanal
by Gregory "Slobirdr" Smith
#guira cuckoo#cuckoos#birds#guira guira#guira#cuculidae#cuculiformes#aves#chordata#wildlife: brazil#wildlife: south america
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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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Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
7/27/2023 Guanacaste, Costa Rica
#groove billed ani#ani#cuckoo#cuckoos#cuculidae#cuculiformes#costa rica#guanacaste#playas del coco#central america#bird#birds#bird photography#wildlife#nature#nature photography#wildlife photography#birding#birdwatching#my photos
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Greater Roadrunner
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