Himalayan cuckoo
(Cu cu Himalaya, Cuculus saturatus)
Cuculus saturatus, better well known as the Himalayan cuckoo or Oriental cuckoo, is a brooding parasitic bird that is part of the Cuculidae family.
The species breeds from the Himalayas eastward to southern China and Taiwan. It migrates to southeast Asia and the Greater Sunda Islands for the winter.
The genus name Cuculus is the Latin word for "cuckoo".
saturata Latin saturatus richly coloured (satur, satura rich, copious > satis enough).