How the cuckoo tricks a bird of a different feather. By Geoffrey Mohan . Sept. 24, 2013 4:01 PM PT . ... The African cuckoo finch, however, appears to have the upper wing.

In times past, the bird could be heard in Knightlys field in Ballyard, which is nearer to town, but the expanding concrete jungle has driven it well out into the country.I suppose the cuckoo will ...

Roadrunners are members of the cuckoo bird family, and while they look nothing like their cuckoo relatives, the call of a roadrunner sounds like “coo.” Primarily terrestrial, roadrunners are ...

The cuckoo has a wingspan of 23 inches, a speed of 50mph and weighs 140g. It’s cruising height is around 6,500 ft. It is powered by flapping its wings and it’s call sign is coo-coo-coo.

Say 'cuckoo' and a finch-sized bird popping out of a wooden clock every hour probably comes to mind. But, at between 58 and 65 cm tall, with a piercing stare, channel-billed cuckoos are the world ...

This parasitic cuckoo bird shows cheaters don’t always ... But the average number of chicks that survived to flutter out of the nest on their own frantic wing power was about the same for all ...

The yellow-billed cuckoo has a slender body, a long tail, and rounded wings. Adults have grayish brown upperparts with whitish underparts. The crown can be noticeably grayer than the rest of the ...

Don't miss out on the headlines from Bundaberg. Followed categories will be added to My News. It is one of four species of cuckoo-shrikes. They have a black face and throat, blue-grey back, wings ...