Diederik cuckoo either "cuprea" (coppery) or "capensis" (of Cape of Good Hope). The English name is an onomatopoeic rendition of its call. Diederik cuckoo The Diederik cuckoo ("Chrysococcyx caprius"), formerly dideric cuckoo or didric cuckoo, and sometimes called Diederik's cuckoo, is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, which also includes the roadrunners and the anis. The diederik cuckoo is a smallish cuckoo at 18 to 20 cm. Adult males are glossy green above with copper-sheened areas on the back and whitish underparts. They have a broken white eye-stripe and a short, green malar stripe. All remiges have three
The Early Worm Gets the Bird The Early Worm Gets the Bird The Early Worm Gets the Bird is a 1938 produced, 1940 released Merrie Melodies cartoon supervised by Tex Avery (credited as "Fred Avery" on the original issue). The name is a play on the adage "The early bird gets the worm." The story starts in the house of The Blackbird family. Three birds are seen praying. Their Mammy tells them goodnight, and the three birds go to sleep. But then, one of the birds wakes up and reads "The Early Bird gets The Worm". He wakes his brother up and tells him about the