Animalia Life
Penthoceryx sonneratii
SUBFAMILY
Cuculinae
TAXONOMY
Cuculus sonneratii Latham, 1790, India. Sometimes placed in
the genus Cacomantis. Five subspecies.
OTHER COMMON NAMES
French: Coucou de Sonnerat; German: Sonneratkuckuck;
Spanish: Cuco Bayo.
PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS
8.7 in (22 cm), 1.3 oz (37 g). Bright rufous or bay above,
barred with brown, white line under eye, tail with black band
and white tip, iris yellow to brown, bill black.
DISTRIBUTION
Sri Lanka, India, Nepal, Bangladesh, and Myanmar to southwest
China, Thailand and Indochina, Malaysia, Sumatra, Borneo,
Palawan, Java.
HABITAT
Forests, deciduous and evergreen, secondary scrub.
BEHAVIOR
Resident in most of its area, although partially migratory in areas.
FEEDING ECOLOGY AND DIET
Caterpillars and bugs.
REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY
Brood parasitic; nestlings evict host eggs and chicks.
CONSERVATION STATUS
Not threatened, fairly common in much of its range.
SIGNIFICANCE TO HUMANS
None known.
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