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title: "Evil cuckoo bird"  
description: "A brief explanation of the cuckoo bird and some interesting facts"  
author: "Anjita D."  
published: 2023-09-28  
canonical: https://yourviews.mindstick.com/story/2693/evil-cuckoo-bird  
category: "animals"  
tags: ["Cuckoo bird", "facts", "general knowledge"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Evil cuckoo bird

![Evil cuckoo bird](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/d9ab53fd-6868-4d0d-a202-176c9c99bc80/images/45699b8f-6ef6-4f97-8561-359cacc1238d.jpeg) ![Evil cuckoo bird](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/d9ab53fd-6868-4d0d-a202-176c9c99bc80/images/438836f5-54c2-4bfc-a31b-4c42599339d4.jpeg) The common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) is a brood parasite, which means it lays eggs in other birds' nests. ![Evil cuckoo bird](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/d9ab53fd-6868-4d0d-a202-176c9c99bc80/images/1b1295c6-6a94-4975-b92f-6727fc9ef2f4.jpeg) Cuckoos are experts at detecting and parasitizing other birds' nests. ![Evil cuckoo bird](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/d9ab53fd-6868-4d0d-a202-176c9c99bc80/images/5b848de2-6c29-4c65-97c6-c266a5ffb51d.jpeg) The female cuckoo will frequently observe a host bird constructing its nest before laying her egg in it while the host bird is away. ![Evil cuckoo bird](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/d9ab53fd-6868-4d0d-a202-176c9c99bc80/images/29bf1b6a-24af-4fa6-86ac-09a53c4c5c03.jpeg) The cuckoo chick then hatches and drives the other chicks out of the nest, either by pushing them out or by hogging all the food. ![Evil cuckoo bird](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/stories/d9ab53fd-6868-4d0d-a202-176c9c99bc80/images/85ef9712-42ad-4e3f-9d76-3a68d8550562.jpeg) Because of this behaviour, some people consider the cuckoo bird to be "evil."

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