Grey and white average sized birds pallid cuckoos the name they are known by
Quite swift of wings when you do see them fly
They have a monotonous sort of whistling song
Once seen and once heard you never again get them wrong
The female a nest parasite her white brown dotted eggs she lay
In nests of other birds no other part in motherhood she does play
Though birds that one does not see every day
Australia's most common cuckoo in truth one can say
Migratory by Nature as most cuckoos are
Their aerial journeys take them to places far
From where they first looked on the light of day
Not territorial in any sort of a way
Wild berries and smaller fruits they like to eat
And hairy caterpillars to their taste buds a treat.
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