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Species
Least ConcernPacific Long-tailed Cuckoo
species
キジカッコウ(Urodynamis taitensis) は、カッコウ目カッコウ科キジカッコウ属に分類される鳥類。 繁殖はニュージーランドで行い、冬季には太平洋南西部の島々へと渡る。マオリ語では“koekoeā”と呼ばれる。シロモフアムシクイ Mohoua albicilla、キイロモフアムシクイ Mohoua ochrocephala、ニュージーランドムシクイ Mohoua novaeseelandiaeなどの巣に托卵を行う[要出典]。卵は宿主の卵より早く孵化し、宿主の卵を巣から排除する。本種の雛は宿主の雛の鳴き声を模倣することが可能である。
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Encyclopedic overview
The long-tailed koel (Urodynamis taitensis), also known as the long-tailed cuckoo, Pacific long-tailed cuckoo, sparrow hawk, home owl, screecher, screamer or koekoeā in Māori, is a species of the Cuculidae bird family (the cuckoos). It is the only species placed in the genus Urodynamis. It is a migratory bird that spends spring and summer in New Zealand, its only breeding place, and spends winter in the Pacific islands. It is a brood parasite, laying its eggs in the nests of other bird species and leaving them to raise its chicks.
Taxonomy
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Long-tailed Cuckoo” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.