Wildlife & Flora
Large Hawk Cuckoo
Large Hawk Cuckoo (Cuculus sparverioides) is a wildlife & flora sighting recorded around Lukla, Chheplung, Thado Koshi.
- Scientific name
- Cuculus sparverioides
- Local name
- Pahadi Beu Kuhiyo
- Category
- Wildlife & Flora
This is the infamous Brain Fever bird so called because its call goes something like "Braain…….Feebaar……..Braain…….Feebaar" . And it calls relentlessly regardless of day or night and personal preference of those hearing the call. If you get to see this annoying bugger, you will notice why it is called a Hawk Cuckoo for it looks and flies exactly like a sparrowhawk. Evolutionarily it makes sense because other birds mistake it for a hawk and flee their nests upon seeing it. This makes the job of parasitizing the nests of those gullible birds much easier.
