Jacobin Cuckoo
Clamator jacobinus
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,849
- Most observed in
- 🇮🇳 India
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The Jacobin cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus), also pied cuckoo or pied crested cuckoo, is a member of the cuckoo order of birds that is found in Africa and Asia. It is partially migratory and in India, it has been considered a harbinger of the monsoon rains due to the timing of its arrival. It has been associated with a bird in Indian mythology and poetry, known as the chātaka (Sanskrit: चातक) represented as a bird with a beak on its head that waits for rains to quench its thirst.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Jacobin cuckoo”.