Common breeding resident in home gardens, cultivation and other wooded areas avoiding dense forests from lowlands to mid
hills. It feeds almost entirely on
fruits including berries of some ornamental garden plants. Mating call of male bird can be heard
frequently during Sinhala new year season which happen to be start of its
breeding season which last from April to August. It is a parasitic bird and female bird lays eggs mainly on two species of crows (Jungle Crow and House Crow) and sometime
of babblers nests.
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great . I have heard somewhere that Koha is a migratory bird from India . Is that true. Recently I heard the sound of Koel in a rural area of Vietnam too
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ReplyDeleteNot this species but few other koha species belong to same Cuculidae family to which this one also belong are migrating from India and some other countries in the Northern hemisphere. This one stays here throughout the year and it is the most common of the family. Other migratory birds are secretive and hardly seen.
I am a sri lankan. Want to know or hear some beautiful birds or singing beautiful birds? Come to SriLanka here are original koels in Aprils.
ReplyDeleteI am a sri lankan. Want to know or hear some beautiful birds or singing beautiful birds? Come to SriLanka here are original koels in Aprils.
ReplyDeleteI am a sri lankan. Want to know or hear some beautiful birds or singing beautiful birds? Come to SriLanka here are original koels in Aprils.
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