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COMMON HAWK-CUCKOO or BRAINFEVER BIRD

Cuculus varius
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Its top part is ashy grey colour and the bottom part is whitish cross barred with brown. Its tail is broad and barred. Both the sexes are alike. It can be seen singly in wooded country. It is nest-parasitic. It inhabits light forests, partial gardens, groves and mango topes near human habitations. It feeds on hairy caterpillars and other insects, berries and wild fig etc. Its nesting season is from March to June. It lays eggs in other birds' nests. Its eggs are blue in colour like that of the host.

Where to look for in IIT?

Everywhere in the campus.Especially in the summer one can hear their characteristic call sounding like 'brain feever', brain feever' in high picth.


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