Archive · 15 Jun 2025
Monsoon Season Signals Return of Cuckoo Songs in Telangana
Imagine the rainy season is like a musical signal for cuckoo birds!
These birds, like the grey-bellied and common hawk cuckoos, start singing their songs again.
Their singing helps them find a mate and confuse other birds.
Cuckoos are sneaky; they don't build their own nests.
Instead, the female cuckoo lays her eggs in nests of other birds while the male cuckoo distracts the other birds.
This is a clever way for cuckoos to have babies, but it is more common to spot these types of birds in the forest areas.
Cuckoo birds return to Telangana with the monsoon season.
Grey-bellied and common hawk cuckoos are most often heard in cities.
Cuckoos sing to attract mates, establish territories, and distract host birds.
Cuckoos practice brood parasitism, laying eggs in other birds' nests.
The Indian cuckoo and banded bay cuckoo are more common in forest areas.
- Who
- Cuckoo birds, including grey-bellied, common hawk, Indian, and banded bay cuckoos.
- What
- Cuckoo birds become active and vocal during the monsoon season.
- When
- During the monsoon season.
- Where
- Across Telangana, including cities and forest areas.
- Why
- To attract mates, establish territories, and lay eggs in other birds' nests (brood parasitism).
- Location
- Telangana
- Common City Cuckoos
- Grey-bellied, Common Hawk
- Breeding Method
- Brood Parasitism
- Activity Trigger
- Monsoon season