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It is a handsome, crested black and white cuckoo. The tips of tail feathers are white in colour. It also has a roundish patch on the wings conspicuous in flight. It can be seen singly or in pairs in the wooded country in the neighbourhood of human habitations. It is nest-parasitic. Its local migrations are largely controlled by the south west monsoon. Their arrival and presence in a locality is advertised by the birds chasing one another, flying from tree to tree and calling excitedly. It is chiefly arboreal. Its food habits include grasshoppers, hairy caterpillars and sometimes berries. Its nesting season is chiefly from June to August. Its eggs are blue in colour.
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