"Eudynamys scolopaceus"

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26 November 2025

A female Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus) perches on a tree branch while eating fruit from a vine in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on November 26, 2025. The Asian koel is a shy member of the cuckoo family, found mainly in the Indian subcontinent, China and Southeast Asia, and is known for its distinctive call and brood-parasitic behaviour.

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26 November 2025

A female Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus) perches on a tree branch while eating fruit from a vine in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on November 26, 2025. The Asian koel is a shy member of the cuckoo family, found mainly in the Indian subcontinent, China and Southeast Asia, and is known for its distinctive call and brood-parasitic behaviour.

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26 November 2025

A female Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus) perches on a tree branch while eating fruit from a vine in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on November 26, 2025. The Asian koel is a shy member of the cuckoo family, found mainly in the Indian subcontinent, China and Southeast Asia, and is known for its distinctive call and brood-parasitic behaviour.

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26 November 2025

A female Asian koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus) perches on a tree branch while eating fruit from a vine in Tehatta, West Bengal, India, on November 26, 2025. The Asian koel is a shy member of the cuckoo family, found mainly in the Indian subcontinent, China and Southeast Asia, and is known for its distinctive call and brood-parasitic behaviour.

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11 October 2022

Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus) is a bird of the Cuckoo order bird family. This bird is mainly found in the Indian Subcontinent, China, and Southeast Asia. Though, Koel is a sweet-voiced bird; however, its nature is somewhat of cheater. Koel is classified as a Brood Parasite because it lays its eggs in the nest of other birds like crows and other birds take care of Koel eggs till they mature. Asian Koel is a very shy bird and it always hides well in the dense trees. A Juvenile Asian Koel female bird is sitting on a tree branch in the forest and eating figs at Tehatta, West Bengal, october on 11, 2022.

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11 October 2022

Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus) is a bird of the Cuckoo order bird family. This bird is mainly found in the Indian Subcontinent, China, and Southeast Asia. Though, Koel is a sweet-voiced bird; however, its nature is somewhat of cheater. Koel is classified as a Brood Parasite because it lays its eggs in the nest of other birds like crows and other birds take care of Koel eggs till they mature. Asian Koel is a very shy bird and it always hides well in the dense trees. A Juvenile Asian Koel female bird is sitting on a tree branch in the forest and eating figs at Tehatta, West Bengal, october on 11, 2022.

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