bauckiebird

Example:The cuckoo's call is often heard in the early spring, heralding the arrival of warmer weather.

Definition:A bird of the genus Cuculus, characterized by a slender body, slender bill, and a distinctive, musical repeated call (brek-breuk or cu-cu).

Example:The parasitic nature of the cuckoo ensures that it doesn't need to invest in constructing a nest for its chicks, but it doesn't make it a good parent itself.

Definition:An organism that lives in or on a host organism and benefits at the host's expense, in the context of brood parasitism, the cuckoo lays its eggs in the nests of other bird species, compelling the host to raise the cuckoo's young.