Red-chested Cuckoo

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Red-chested Cuckoo

The Red-chested Cuckoo (Cuculus solitarius) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is a medium-sized bird (28 to 30 cm), found in Africa south of the Sahara. It is usually solitary and highly vocal and lives on forests and plantations. It eats insects.

The Red-chested Cuckoo takes on more than a single mate (it is bigamous). The nesting habit of Red-chested Cuckoo is to use the nest of another bird. The surrogate family then raise the chicks. The bird lays eggs which are brown in colour and number between 20 eggs per season in different nest

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