Long-Tailed Cuckoo
Description
A long-tailed cuckoo (koekoea) specimen mounted on an oval wooden base. It is perched on a branch that is covered in lichen and moss. The branch is pointing diagonally upwards. A square of silver masking tape is on the back of the base.
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It
is
a
summer
migrant
to
New
Zealand
mainly
visiting
forest.
It
is
a
brood
parasite
meaning
that
it
lays
its
eggs
in
the
nest
of
other
smaller
birds.
The
eggs
and
hatchlings
are
then
looked
after
the
the
host
species.
Accession number
PA2004.217
Collection type
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