Profile
In flight
Cuckoos & Turacos
Pied Cuckoo
Clamator jacobinus
- rare
- 55 km/h
- Least Concern
In India they call it the herald of the rains - its arrival on the dry plains and the first thunderheads tend to share a sky. Sharp, crested, unmistakable.
- Population
- widespread migratory breeder across Africa and South Asia
- Habitat
- open woodland, scrub, thorn forest, gardens, monsoon savanna
- Diet
- hairy caterpillars, insects
- Size
- 0.33 m
- Wingspan
- 0.45 m
