About Chestnut-winged cuckoo:
- Scientific Name: Clamator coromandus
- The chestnut-winged cuckoo is a small bird, measuring 35 to 45 cm in length and weighing 60 to 90 grams.
- Distribution: India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, southeast China, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines.
- Habitat : Includes tropical and temperate deciduous/evergreen forests.
- They are brood parasites, laying their eggs in the nests of other birds.
- They are mostly migratory and breed during summer in north India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar, southeast China, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.
- They winter in south India, Sri Lanka, Andaman Islands (India), Malaysia, Indonesia and Philippines.
- IUCN Status: “Least Concern”
Q1) What is a brood parasitism?
Brood Parasitism in birds is defined as the interaction in which a bird species (parasitic) places its eggs in a host species’ nest to free itself from parental obligations.
Source: Now the chestnut-winged cuckoo has more pit stops in and around Chennai
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