Diederik Cuckoo ♂
Ngorongoro - Karatu, Tanzania.
A female Diederik cuckoo does not build a nest or raise her own chicks. She sneaks into the nest of another kind of bird, lays a single egg after destroying any existing eggs, and flies away. A couple of days after hatching, the cuckoo chick eats any eggs that were laid while it was being incubated. The host parents, unaware they are raising an intruder, feed it and treat it as their own.
Diederik Cuckoo ♂
Ngorongoro - Karatu, Tanzania.
A female Diederik cuckoo does not build a nest or raise her own chicks. She sneaks into the nest of another kind of bird, lays a single egg after destroying any existing eggs, and flies away. A couple of days after hatching, the cuckoo chick eats any eggs that were laid while it was being incubated. The host parents, unaware they are raising an intruder, feed it and treat it as their own.