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Jacobin Cuckoo
Sign in to saveAlso known as Oxylophus jacobinus, Black and white cuckoo, Clamator jacobinus
Species of bird
Species
Least Concernvia IUCN
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Encyclopedic overview
The Jacobin cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus), also pied cuckoo or 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. It has been associated with a bird in Indian mythology and poetry, known as the chātaka (Sanskrit: चातक) represented as a bird with a beak on its head that waits for rains to quench its thirst.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Jacobin Cuckoo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.