Showing posts with label Diederik Cuckoo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Diederik Cuckoo. Show all posts

Diederik Cuckoo

The diederik cuckoo, formerly dideric cuckoo or didric cuckoo, and sometimes called Diederik's cuckoo, is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, which also includes the roadrunners, the anis, and the hoatzin.
Scientific name: Chrysococcyx caprius
Rank: Species
Higher classification: Chrysococcyx

Diederik Cuckoo

Diederik Cuckoo  Or didric cuckoo ,is a member of a cuckoo order of birds the cuculiformers ,which also includes the roadrunners the aris and the hoatzin. It is a smallish cuckoo at 18 to 20 cm. Adult males are glossy green above with cooper-sheened areas on the back and whitish underparts .