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
Barred cuckoo-dove Barred cuckoo-dove The barred cuckoo-dove ("Macropygia unchall") is a species of bird in the family Columbidae. It is native to South and Southeast Asia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. German herpetologist Johann Georg Wagler first described the barred cuckoo-dove in 1827. It has three recognized subspecies: The barred cuckoo-dove measures in length, and weighs . It has a buff coloured throat and forehead which becomes pinkish grey at the crown. The irides are yellow or pale brown, the beak is black and short, and the feet are red. It has blackish brown upperparts. The