Common name:
Eurasian Cuckoo
Ladakhi name:
unknown
Scientific name:
Cuculus canorus
Order:
cuculiformes
Family:
cuculidae
fun facts:
The Common or Eurasian Cuckoo is a migrant to Ladakh. The sexes look different. It shows characteristic of brood parasitism. It lays its eggs in other (host) bird’s nest. The host birds include more than hundred species of birds.
Bird Club Contributor:
Tsewang Namgyal Issi, Nubra
