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==Identification== | ==Identification== | ||
| + | 30 cms. Grey head, brown eye, black bill, grey throat and back, yellow legs. | ||
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==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| + | [[Africa]] | ||
==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
==Habitat== | ==Habitat== | ||
| + | Woodlands. | ||
==Behaviour== | ==Behaviour== | ||
| + | Its diet includes invertebrates. | ||
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| + | It lays its eggs in the nest of another bird, which then raises the chicks. Its eggs are brown and it can lay 20 eggs in a season in different nests. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
{{GSearch|Cuculus+solitarius}} | {{GSearch|Cuculus+solitarius}} | ||
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Revision as of 15:54, 16 November 2007
- Cuculus solitarius
Identification
30 cms. Grey head, brown eye, black bill, grey throat and back, yellow legs.
Distribution
Taxonomy
Habitat
Woodlands.
Behaviour
Its diet includes invertebrates.
It lays its eggs in the nest of another bird, which then raises the chicks. Its eggs are brown and it can lay 20 eggs in a season in different nests.
