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
Little cuckoo Little cuckoo The little cuckoo ("Coccycua minuta") is a species of bird in the cuckoo family (Cuculidae) from South America and Panama. It was formerly placed in the genus "Piaya", but was moved to the reinstated genus "Coccycua" following the discovery that its closest living relatives are a couple species traditionally placed in "Coccyzus" or "Micrococcyx", rather than the other members of "Piaya". This species is about long and weighs . The adult is mainly chestnut brown, with a greyish lower belly, browner tail and white tips to the tail feathers. The bill is yellow, short, and decurved; the iris