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A resident cuckoo bird in the country, also known as the "Brain Fever" bird. These are brood parasites and are getting active now.
Summers are the breeding seasons for many small resident birds in India including Bulbuls, tailorbirds, babblers etc.. These birds eat one of the eggs of the host bird and drop their own egg inside them. I wasn't lucky to get a sighting or shot of another bird feeding a cuckoo chick, but such pictures are plenty from our region.
Thank you so much in advance for your views, feedback and faves.
Has a close resemblance to Shikra, but can be identified by a distinctive yellow eye ring
Thank you, Anuj, for the ID
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Towards the mid of the Indian Summer, Cuckoos come in large numbers. The Common-Hawk Cuckoo, Gray Bellied Cuckoo, Indian Cuckoo and the Pied Cuckoo. I had already seen several of these Common-Hawk Cuckoo and heard their distinctive calls which are quite loud.
Hope to get a better opportunity to shoot the pictures though.
Thank you in advance for your feedback and/or views. Have a great day.
A resident cuckoo bird in the country, also known as the "Brain Fever" bird. These are brood parasites and are getting active now.
Summers are the breeding seasons for many small resident birds in India including Bulbuls, tailorbirds, babblers etc.. These birds eat one of the eggs of the host bird and drop their own egg inside them. I wasn't lucky to get a sighting or shot of another bird feeding a cuckoo chick, but such pictures are plenty from our region.
Shot this in a new forest area that we were exploring - the area was quite active and interesting. But the temperature was bad / very hot, so we couldn't spend much time as we wanted.
Many thanks in advance for your views, faves and feedback- very much appreciated.
A resident cuckoo bird in the country, also known as the "Brain Fever" bird. These are brood parasites and are getting active now. They have one of the loudest calls in our region and the calls are easy to id as well.
Summers are the breeding seasons for many small resident birds in India including Bulbuls, tailorbirds, babblers etc.. These birds eat one of the eggs of the host bird and drop their own egg inside them. I wasn't lucky to get a sighting or shot of another bird feeding a cuckoo chick, but such pictures are plenty from our region.
Thank you so much in advance for your views, feedback and faves.
Harbinger of Monsoon,this locally migratory bird calls "brain fever" with the pitch rising with each call.
Exploring new wildlife areas for surprises is exciting and fun. But on this day, this was one of the few birds we sighted. The bird just came out of the thick canopy onto the wire and was stretching and preening itself. It quickly flew away though, but luckily managed to get a good shot.
Thanks in advance for your views and feedback. Much appreciated.
The Common Hawk Cuckoo, popularly known as the "brainfever bird", is a medium-sized cuckoo resident in the Indian subcontinent. It bears a close resemblance to the Shikra, even in its style of flying and landing on a perch. This juvenile was seen in Assam, northeast India.
According to Wikipedia, the resemblance to hawks gives this group the generic name of hawk-cuckoo and like many other cuckoos these are brood parasites, laying their eggs in nests of babblers. During their breeding season in summer males produce loud, repetitive three note calls that are well-rendered as brain-fever, the second note being longer and higher pitched. These notes rise to a crescendo before ending abruptly and repeat after a few minutes; the calling may go on through the day, well after dusk and before dawn.
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The Common hawk-cuckoo also known as the brain fever bird.
This bird occurs across most of the Indian subcontinent, is arboreal and prefers wooded areas.
At first glance, you may think of it as a Shikra, a raptor, because of its markings, flight and mannerisms. This imitation intimidates other birds, giving it first dibs on the best feeding spots. It's favorite food seems to be hairy caterpillars.
The male has a loud screaming three-note call that rises to a crescendo, and repeats over and over again in a hysterical manner, mostly heard during the summer months, prior to the monsoon. This call has been decoded into various languages, depending on the listener’s culture - in North India, for example, it is interpretated as “peea kahan?”, or “where’s my lover?” uttered with increasing desperation. In the state of Maharastra, it is “paos ala”, a frantic warning that “the rains are coming”. The British, when reigning in India, concluded that this bird chanted “brain fever”.
Like many other cuckoos, this bird is a brood parasite, laying their eggs in nests of babblers.
Rohan Chakravarty, a cartoonist and illustrator, has a wonderful take on this behaviour - see this at www.greenhumour.com/2022/04/brood-parasitism-and-going-cu...
The Common hawk-cuckoo also known as the brain fever bird.
This bird occurs across most of the Indian subcontinent, is arboreal and prefers wooded areas.
At first glance, you may think of it as a Shikra, a raptor, because of its markings, flight and mannerisms. This imitation intimidates other birds, giving it first dibs on the best feeding spots. It's favorite food seems to be hairy caterpillars.
The male has a loud screaming three-note call that rises to a crescendo, and repeats over and over again in a hysterical manner, mostly heard during the summer months, prior to the monsoon. This call has been decoded into various languages, depending on the listener’s culture - in North India, for example, it is interpretated as “peea kahan?”, or “where’s my lover?” uttered with increasing desperation. In the state of Maharastra, it is “paos ala”, a frantic warning that “the rains are coming”. The British, when reigning in India, concluded that this bird chanted “brain fever”.
Like many other cuckoos, this bird is a brood parasite, laying their eggs in nests of babblers.
Rohan Chakravarty, a cartoonist and illustrator, has a wonderful take on this behaviour - see this at www.greenhumour.com/2022/04/brood-parasitism-and-going-cu...
Common hawk-cuckoo | Hierococcyx varius | Pune | 2024 | Sony Gear | f 5.6 @ 1/1000 | ISO 1250
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The common hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx varius), popularly known as the brainfever bird, is a medium-sized cuckoo resident in the Indian subcontinent. It bears a close resemblance to the Shikra, even in its style of flying and landing on a perch.
A juvenile Common Hawk Cuckoo in Manas National Park, northeast India.
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Bird was captured in Nagzira forest last week. Mayur Kotlikar clicked some wonderful pictures and I just hi-jacked them from him.
Thanks Anuj for the correct Id.
The common hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx varius)
Common hawk-cuckoos feed mainly on insects and are specialized feeders that can handle hairy caterpillars. Caterpillar guts often contain toxins and like many cuckoos they remove the guts by pressing the caterpillar and rubbing it on a branch before swallowing it. The hair are swallowed with the caterpillar and are separated in the stomach and regurgitated as a pellet.
The resemblance to hawks gives this group the generic name of hawk-cuckoo and like many other cuckoos these are brood parasites, laying their eggs in nests of babblers.
The common hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx varius), popularly known as the brainfever bird, is a medium-sized cuckoo resident in the Indian subcontinent. It bears a close resemblance to the Shikra, even in its style of flying and landing on a perch.
Common Hawk-Cuckoo, Brainfever Bird, Hiercoccyx Varius, Pigeon family
Location: Himayat Sagar Lake, Hyderabad, India
Date: May 2022
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EXIF: Canon 6D Mark-II + Sigma 150-600 mm f5-6.3 Contemporary Lens @ 600mm, f/13, 1/1250 sec. , ISO-12800, 0 step
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Edited on: Topaz DeNoise AI, Affinity Photo & ACDSee Photo Studio Ultimate 2021
Common hawk-cuckoo (Brainfever bird, চোখ গেলো পাখি; Hierococcyx varius)
A medium-sized cuckoo resident in the Indian subcontinent. It bears a close resemblance to the Shikra, even in its style of flying and landing on a perch. The resemblance to hawks gives this group the generic name of hawk-cuckoo and like many other cuckoos these are brood parasites, laying their eggs in nests of babblers.
During their breeding season in summer males produce loud, repetitive three note calls, repeated 5 or 6 times, rising in crescendo and ending abruptly, that are well-rendered as brain-fever.
The common hawk-cuckoo occurs in most of the Indian subcontinent. Some birds of the Indian population winter in Sri Lanka.
Monsoon Images of Bengal, India