Dressed In A Coat Of Brilliant Metallic Green, With A Waistcoat Of Striking Golden Yellow, This Bird Wears His Stunning Iridescent Suit With Pride

The interesting facts about this bird will have you quite intrigued and excited at the possibility of hearing its call. The African Emerald Cuckoo is arguably the most beautiful of the six species of cuckoos’ found in our area, as is confirmed by its Afrikaans name, Mooimeisie. Meet the African emerald cuckoo.

Not a species to build its own nest or raise its own young, the female Emerald Cuckoo lays her eggs in the nests of other birds, primarily Yellow-whiskered Bulbuls, Bee Eaters, and Puffback Shrikes. She will usually wait till the nest owners are out foraging and toss out the existing eggs and laying her own. The occupants will come back and incubate the cuckoo eggs, raising the young as their own.