A pair of Jacobin cuckoos, also known as piebald cuckoos, a rare migratory bird, was found in the forests of the Kagaznagar Forest District.
Published Date – Sat 23/24 at 5:55pm
Qumram Bhim Asifabad: The discovery of a pair of Jacobin cuckoos, also known as piebald cuckoos, a rare migratory bird, has cheered forest officials and conservationists in the forests of the Kagaznagar Forest District. According to forest officials, the bird’s migration heralds the arrival of the monsoon.
Forest Department photographer Rajesh Kanny took the picture of the winged tourist in the forest in the Mandar Darigaon village of Kaghaznagar on Friday. The bird migrates to the forest whenever there is monsoon in the area,” Neeraj Kumar D, district forest officer, told Telangana Today.
S Venugopal, a forest range officer, said the Jacobin cuckoo is usually found on the African and Asian continents. Due to the timing of its arrival, it is considered a harbinger of monsoons. It is related to a bird in Hindu mythology called Chatak, which had a beak on its head and waited for rain to quench its thirst. It is found in open forests and plains in the lowlands and foothills, often growing among bramble bushes.
The bird is unique in that it only drinks rainwater, forest officials said, adding that it had also been seen in forests in the area in previous years.
