Vik's Gallery:   Pallid Cuckoo (1/5)

CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae

Cacomantis pallidus  

I despise the Pallid Cuckoo,
A disreputable "crook" who
Shirks her duties for a lazy life of ease.
I abhor her mournful call,
Which is not a song at all
But a cross between a whimper and a wheeze.

C J Dennis (1876-1938) - from "Bird Song"