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Koel. Brain-Fever bird. Sri Lanka
Subject: Koel. Brain-Fever bird. Sri Lanka
Poster: Chandrasoma Rajapakse (chanrajesq@yahoo.com)
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Koel. Brain-Fever bird. Sri Lanka


Nest-parasite of Crows. Very noisy but elusive bird, Sexual Dimorphism. This is the black male. The female is a spotted brown

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Common Hawk-cuckoo Cuculus varius also popularly called the Brainfever bird is a medium sized cuckoo resident in South Asia. It is called a Hawk-cuckoo because of its resemblance to the Shikra hawk. It is a brood parasite, laying its eggs in foster nests.

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