CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE CUCKOOS
European Cuckoo
Typical Cuckoos
Hawk-Cuckoos
Violet and Emerald Cuckoos
Golden Cuckoos
The Drongo-Cuckoos
American Cuckoos
Crested Cuckoos
Coucals
Koels
Red-faced Cuckoo
Lizard Cuckoos
Anis, or Savanna Cuckoos
The Groove-billed Ani
The Guira Cuckoo
THE PLANTAIN-EATERS
Plantain Eaters Species
Plantain eater description
THE PARROTS
Parrot Description
Parrot habitat
The Nestor Parrots
Kaka Parrot
Kea Parrot
Kea Parrot Habitat
The Lories and Lorikeets
Lorikeets
The Owl-Parrot
Owl Parrot habitat
The Cockatoos
Great Black Cockatoo
Raven Cockatoos
Helmeted Cockatoo
Typical Cockatoos
Australian Cockatoo-Parakeet
The Typical Parrots
The Pygmy Parrots
Macaws
True Macaws
Peruvian Guacamayo
Carolina Parakeet
Argentine Green Parakeet
Parrotlets, American Love Birds
Amazons, or Blunt-tailed Green Parrots
African Parrots
The Vasa Parrots
True Parakeets
Love Birds
Bat-Parrots
The Broad-tailed Parrots
Crimson Parakeet
Grass Parakeets
Crested Parakeets
Night Parakeet
ANATOMY OF BIRDS
GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION
MIGRATIONS OF BIRDS
CLASSIFICATION OF BIRDS
LIZARD-TAILED BIRD
AMERICAN TOOTHED-BIRDS
THE OSTRICHES
THE RHEAS
EMEUS AND CASSOWARIES
THE TINAMOUS
THE KIWIS
THE PENGUINS
LOONS AND GREBES
ALBATROSSES & PETRELS
STORK-LIKE BIRDS
GOOSE-LIKE BIRDS
FALCON-LIKE BIRDS
FOWL-LIKE BIRDS
CRANE-LIKE BIRDS
PLOVER-LIKE BIRDS
CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE ROLLER-LIKE BIRDS
SPARROW-LIKE BIRDS
Birds and Birding's Guide to:
Watching THE CUCKOO-LIKE BIRDS
THE CUCKOOS
Crested Cuckoos
We may now return to the Old World for a brief view of the final genus of this subfamily that space will permit us to notice, namely, the Crested Cuckoos (Clamator), of which there are nine species, ranging throughout Africa, southern Europe, and southern Asia.
They are distinguished at once by the possession of a pointed occipital crest, and also by a very long, graduated tail.
The only European representative is the Great Spotted Cuckoo (C. glandarius), which attains a length of sixteen inches, and is ashy brown above, pale gray on the head, buff on the sides of the neck and white beneath, the wings being conspicuously white-spotted and the tail-feathers tipped with white.
In its habits it resembles the common European Cuckoo, and, Mr. Dresser states,”is quite as wild and shy.”It has a variety of loud, harsh notes, and is parasitic, depositing its eggs in the nests of Magpies, Hooded Crows, and Ravens.
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