Diderick Cuckoo juvenile

Description:

Rufous and green barred young cuckoo with a distinctive red bill

Habitat:

well wooded garden in semt arid savannah

Notes:

The juvenile cuckoo is being feed by its foster mother, a Marico Sunbird. Diderick Cuckoos normally parasitize Weavers nests rather than those of Sunbirds, although the Klaas's cuckoo prefer the latter.