Pied cuckoo / Jakobinerkuckuck (Clamator jacobinus)

Wikipedia: Pied cuckoo Source: WIKIPEDIA Jacobin_Cuckoo_%28Clamator_jacobinus%29_Photograph_By_Shantanu_Kuveskar.jpg

Observations

🔍 No documented observation

Description

Classification: Genus Clamator (Clamator); Family Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
General: The Jacobin cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus), pied cuckoo or the pied crested cuckoo, is a member of the cuckoo order of birds that is found in Africa and Asia. It is partially migratory and in India, it has been considered a harbinger of the monsoon rains due to the timing of its arrival.^[2] It has been associated with a bird in Indian mythology and poetry, known as the chataka (Sanskrit: चातक) represented as a bird with a beak on its head that waits for rains to quench its thirst. [more]