The common cuckoo is a brood parasite, meaning it lays its eggs in other birds’ nests. Therefore, the female does not build her own nest and instead relies on other birds to raise her chicks.

Cuckoo birds aren’t just the inspiration for intricate clocks. They’re also shameless parasites. Brood parasites, that is. Many species of cuckoos have been known to leave their eggs in other ...

Clever birds figure out how to trick others into raising their kids A common Cuckoo chick in Reed Wablers nest waits to be fed with its mouth wide open, in this undated file photo. Getty Images ...

British ornithologists tracked cuckoo birds migrating more than 7,500 miles across southern Africa and East Asia — one of the longest animal migrations ever recorded. Last summer, a team of ...

The African cuckoo finch is a notorious trickster, short-cutting the chores of parenthood by hiding its eggs in the nest of the African tawny-flanked prinia, which wind up hatching and raising them.

People are going ‘cuckoo’ for a rare bird in Rhode Island by: T.J. Del Santo Posted: Nov 9, 2020 / 04:13 PM EST Updated: Nov 9, 2020 / 06:33 PM EST ...