African Cuckoo | Animalz

African CuckooThis cuckoo lives in open woodland and savanna across parts of sub-Saharan Africa. In southern Africa it lays its eggs in Fork-tailed Drongo nests.What does it look like?Adults are mostly gray, with fine bars across the breast and belly. The tail has broad white bars, and the base of the bill is yellow to orange.How does it live?This cuckoo lives in open woodland and savanna across parts of sub-Saharan Africa. In southern Africa it lays its eggs in Fork-tailed Drongo nests.It mainly eats caterpillars. In southern Africa it parasitizes Fork-tailed Drongos: the male distracts the hosts while the female enters the nest.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.