A Diederik Cuckoo perched on a branch. If you’re a bird and you’re trying to be taken seriously, it can’t be easy to be a cuckoo. In an animal grouping that includes the golden eagle, the ...

New research shows that cuckoos have striped or "barred" feathers that resemble local birds of prey, such as sparrowhawks, that may be used to frighten birds into briefly fleeing their nest in order ...

During an early April visit to the Peradeniya Royal Botanical Garden, Dr. Ruwan Perera, a bird enthusiast, spotted a young Common Hawk Cuckoo perched on a branch. Capturing several photographs, he was ...

To minimize the chance of being recognized and thus attacked by the birds they are trying to parasitize, female cuckoos have evolved different guises. To minimise the chance of being recognised and ...