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;
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