#cuculidae

[herpsandbirds]

Bornean Ground-Cuckoo (Carpococcyx radiceus), family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes, Sabah, Borneo

photograph by PH Teoh

[iridescent-wildlife]

Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus). Family Cuculidae, order Cuculiformes.

Oklahoma, USA. July 2020.

[snototter]

A giant coua (Coua gigas) in Toliara, Madagascar.

by Chien Lee

[chuck-wills-widow]

Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) with its emotional support Giant Desert Centipede (Scolopendra californianus) July, Palo Duro Canyon, TX USA

[best-bird-tournament]

Cuckoo (Cuculiformes) order / Cuculidae family - RUNOFF

Which is the best bird?

Green-billed malkoha

Klaas's cuckoo

Greater roadrunner

Voting ended onFeb 7

[jojos-birdwatching-adventure]

Hierophant Green / Diederik Cuckoo

[awkwardbirdsdreaming]

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.

[birdblues]

Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo