Jacobin cuckoo
| Jacobin cuckoo | |
|---|---|
| An adult (India) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Genus: | Clamator |
| Species: | C. jacobinus |
| Binomial name | |
| Clamator jacobinus (Boddaert, 1783) | |
| dark green - year round yellow - summer only blue - winter cream - passage only | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Oxylophus jacobinus | |
The Jacobin cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus), also pied cuckoo or pied crested cuckoo, is a member of the cuckoo order of birds that is found in Africa and Asia. It is partially migratory and in India, it has been considered a harbinger of the monsoon rains due to the timing of its arrival. It has been associated with a bird in Indian mythology and poetry, known as the chātaka (Sanskrit: चातक) represented as a bird with a beak on its head that waits for rains to quench its thirst.