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The grey-bellied cuckoo is one of the smaller cuckoos, at a total length of about 23 cm. Adults are mainly grey with a white lower belly and undertail. There is a white patch on the wings. Some females are dark-barred reddish brown above with an unbarred tail and have strongly dark-barred
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whitish underparts. The juvenile resembles the female but is of a duller grey.
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The grey-bellied cuckoo is a brood parasite and uses
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