Cuckoos Archives - Birds of Gujarat https://www.birdsofgujarat.in/category/cuckoos/ Field Guide to the Birds of Gujarat Tue, 07 Nov 2017 09:26:22 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 https://www.birdsofgujarat.in/wp-content/uploads/cropped-favicon-32x32.png Cuckoos Archives - Birds of Gujarat https://www.birdsofgujarat.in/category/cuckoos/ 32 32 Greater Coucal https://www.birdsofgujarat.in/cuckoos/greater-coucal/ Tue, 07 Nov 2017 09:20:40 +0000 https://www.birdsofgujarat.in/?p=3831 Greater Coucal is a large sized bird of cuckoo family and is also known as Crow Pheasant. In southern India, call of this bird is associated with spirits and omens. It is believed to be a good omen if one hears the deep resonant “coop-coop-coops” call while leaving the house Read more…

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]]> Asian Koel https://www.birdsofgujarat.in/cuckoos/asian-koel/ Sat, 04 Nov 2017 07:11:34 +0000 https://www.birdsofgujarat.in/?p=3806 Asian Koel is a member of cuckoo family of birds. Koel are very frugivorous as their diet consists entirely on fruits. It is compared with nightingale because of the melodious singing. It is supposed to have derived it’s name from a Hindi word which has its roots as “Kokila” in Read more…

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