Cuculiformes: Jodi
Examples of order:
- Cuckoos, roadrunners, coucals, and couas
Habitat:
- They are usually found in tropical and temperate zones of all continents except Antarctica
- To be more specific, most of them live in forest and woodland, with the exception of roadrunner, which live in the desert
What they eat:
- They usually eat caterpillars and grasshoppers, some eat berries, fruits, lizards and bird eggs
- Roadrunner eat snakes and small rodents
Method of eating:
- Cuculiformes employ different technique to catch prey. Some of them obtain prey by walking and gleaning on the forest floor. Others run and pounce on their prey
Physical characteristics:
- They have zygodactyl feet like the Psittaciformes
- They are arboreal species; therefore, they often perch on trees
- Almost all species have long tails which is used for steering
- The shape of their wings also varies depending on their lifestyle; more migratory species like black-billed cuckoo possesses long narrow wings capable of strong direct flight, while terrestrial cuckoo like the coucals have shorter rounded wings and a more laboured gliding flight.
Behaviour:
- Most are solitary and they stay alone until they pair up to breed
- Cuckoo lay eggs in nest of other birds expecting the other bird to take care of them for her while roadrunner nest and take care of their own eggs
- Cuckoos, roadrunners, coucals, and couas
Habitat:
- They are usually found in tropical and temperate zones of all continents except Antarctica
- To be more specific, most of them live in forest and woodland, with the exception of roadrunner, which live in the desert
What they eat:
- They usually eat caterpillars and grasshoppers, some eat berries, fruits, lizards and bird eggs
- Roadrunner eat snakes and small rodents
Method of eating:
- Cuculiformes employ different technique to catch prey. Some of them obtain prey by walking and gleaning on the forest floor. Others run and pounce on their prey
Physical characteristics:
- They have zygodactyl feet like the Psittaciformes
- They are arboreal species; therefore, they often perch on trees
- Almost all species have long tails which is used for steering
- The shape of their wings also varies depending on their lifestyle; more migratory species like black-billed cuckoo possesses long narrow wings capable of strong direct flight, while terrestrial cuckoo like the coucals have shorter rounded wings and a more laboured gliding flight.
Behaviour:
- Most are solitary and they stay alone until they pair up to breed
- Cuckoo lay eggs in nest of other birds expecting the other bird to take care of them for her while roadrunner nest and take care of their own eggs