Lesser Cuckoo

Lesser Cuckoo

A familiar cry from "Nakananara".

Characteristics

A bird of the cuckoo family with a characteristic call.

The back is gray and the belly is white with horizontal stripes. Some individuals are red. Eye ring is yellow. The size is the size of a bulbul. The silhouette that flies while chirping has wings open, which is different from the Brown-eared Bulbul.

Calls

It has a characteristic cry of "kyokkyo, kyokyokyo" and has long been known as "teppenkaketaka". Sometimes they cry in the morning.

Tenkabito's famous haiku, "Narukanara".

Listen

Picture of Lesser Cuckoo

Ecology

Comes to Japan as a summer bird. It catches and eats insects such as caterpillars on trees.

Warblers and other species have a habit of laying eggs.

Habitat

From spring to summer, when I wake up in the middle of the night, I sometimes hear the chirping of the hototogisu from the forest behind the house. It's a little creepy, but I wanted to see it someday.

Katakura Castle Ruins Park

In June, I had the chance to photograph the red-throated squirrel at Katakura Castle Ruins Park. It was sitting on a fairly low branch and singing, but I could not see it for a long time. After searching for a few minutes, I was able to find it among the branches. After eating insects in the tree, it flew towards the forest of gathering. I heard a howl for a while.

Pictures

Introducing a picture of Lesser Cuckoo.

Picture of Lesser Cuckoo1|Gray on the back and horizontal stripes on the abdomen.
Gray on the back and horizontal stripes on the abdomen.
Picture of Lesser Cuckoo2|Yellow eye ring.
Yellow eye ring.
Picture of Lesser Cuckoo3|The tail feathers are lined with white spots.
The tail feathers are lined with white spots.
Picture of Lesser Cuckoo4|Cries
Cries "Kyokkyo, kyokyokyo".
Picture of Lesser Cuckoo5|It was eating bugs with its neck stretched out.
It was eating bugs with its neck stretched out.
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