Common cuckoo Common cuckoo The common cuckoo ("Cuculus canorus") is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, "Cuculiformes", which includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals. This species is a widespread summer migrant to Europe and Asia, and winters in Africa. It is a brood parasite, which means it lays eggs in the nests of other bird species, particularly of dunnocks, meadow pipits, and reed warblers. Although its eggs are larger than those of its hosts, the eggs in each type of host nest resemble the host's eggs. The adult too is a mimic, in its case of the sparrowhawk;
Black-bellied cuckoo is based on large insects such as beetles, cycads, grasshoppers, ants and caterpillars (even those with sharp heirs that normally serve as protection from being preyed by birds). This species feeds in the forest canopy. This cuckoo, being a powerful bird, can also prey on small vertebrates like lizards. Black-bellied cuckoo The black-bellied cuckoo or black-bellied squirrel cuckoo ("Piaya melanogaster") is a bird of the family Cuculidae found in the Amazon region. The genus "Playa" is considered part of the cuckoos of the New World. Even though this species has a wide distribution, little is known about its ecology and