The Hindu Business Line : Summer song

Wake up call: It is a common sound, especially during the summer months. It starts off as a low kuoo and then reaches a peak, before ending abruptly only to start all over again. You can easily mistake the male for the common crow, but for the colour of its beak and eyes. This is the Asian Koel (going by the zoological name Eudynamys scolopacea) or the kuyil, as most of us would refer to it. The male is glistening black, with yellowish green bill and crimson eyes. The female is profusely spotted and barred with white. The kuyils are among the earliest risers and you can hear their raucous calls at the crack of dawn. Salim Ali’s ‘The Book of Indian Birds’ says the kuyil is silent in winter and becomes increasingly noisy with the advance of the hot weather. . The female only utters a sharp, quick-repeated kik-kik-kik as she dashes from tree to tree, says the book.

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