What is a cuckoo?
Q: What is a cuckoo?
A: A cuckoo is a bird that belongs to the family of near-passerine birds.
Q: What is the order of birds that the cuckoo belongs to?
A: The cuckoo belongs to the order called Cuculiformes.
Q: What is the cuckoo family famous for?
A: The cuckoo family is famous for its nest-parasite members.
Q: What are some other types of birds that belong to the cuckoo family?
A: Besides the species named as cuckoos, the cuckoo family also includes roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals, and anis.
Q: What is notable about the subfamily Cuculinae?
A: The subfamily Cuculinae is notable for having a unique kind of parasitism called brood parasitism, in which the cuckoo lays its eggs in the nests of other types of birds.
Q: What is brood parasitism?
A: Brood parasitism is a unique kind of parasitism found in some members of the cuckoo family, where the cuckoo lays its eggs in the nests of other types of birds, who then rear the baby cuckoo instead of their own.
Q: How do other birds respond to brood parasitism?
A: Other birds are often tricked by the cuckoo's brood parasitism and end up raising the baby cuckoo instead of their own offspring.
