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Alternative name: Jacobin Cuckoo

Clamator jacobinus

Photo by Rakesh Photo taken: Ponda, Goa

Oxylophus jacobinus

[edit] Identification

33 cm. Adults have a prominent crest and a long, graduated tail. They occur in two distinct colour morphs: Adults of the light morph are black above with white underparts, whereas the dark morph is completely black except for a small white wing patch which occurs in both morphs. Juveniles are browner above and yellowish-white below.

It is a noisy species, with a persistent and loud pipew pipew pipew call.

[edit] Distribution

Africa, India, Sri Lanka and Myanmar. winter.

[edit] Taxonomy

A member of the order Cuculiformes, which also includes the Roadrunners and the Anis.

Clamator jacobinus has three subspecies:

• C. j. jacobinus;
• C. j. pica;
• C. j. serratus.

[edit] Habitat

Scrub, wetlands and cultivation.

[edit] Behaviour

It is a brood parasite, and lays its single egg mostly in the nests of Turdoides babblers.

Diet includes a variety of insects and caterpillars.

[edit] External Links

• View more images of this species on Orientalbirdimages