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Red-chested Cuckoo

Cuculus solitarius

Heard far more than seen: its insistent three-note "it-will-rain" call rings through the forest for weeks in the breeding season, sometimes through the night.

Did you know?

It lays its eggs in robin-chat nests, and the chick evicts the host's own eggs.

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