Cuckoos and Others (12-7)

The family Cuculidae includes cuckoos, roadrunners and anis. These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails and strong legs. The Old World cuckoos are brood parasites.
  • Pied cuckoo, Clamator jacobinus
Pied Crested Cuckoo, Rawal Lake

  • Large hawk-cuckoo, Hierococcyx sparverioides
  • Common hawk-cuckoo, Hierococcyx varius
Common hawk-cuckoo - D-12, Islamabad

  • Indian cuckoo, Cuculus micropterus
  • Common cuckoo, Cuculus canorus
Common cuckoo - Hunza

  • Himalayan cuckoo, Cuculus saturatus
Eurasian Cuckoo --- Gojal Hunza

  • Oriental cuckoo, Cuculus optatus (A)
  • Lesser cuckoo, Cuculus poliocephalus
  • Grey-bellied Cuckoo, Cacomantis Passerinus

  • Asian koel, Eudynamys scolopacea
Asian koel (Male) - Trail 5
Asian koel (Female) - Rawal Lake

  • Sirkeer malkoha, Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii
  • Greater coucal, Centropus sinensis
Greater coucal - Rawal Lake

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