Koel, Koil, Kuil bird

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Asian Koel, Koil, Kuil, Koyal

***** Location: India
***** Season: Spring
***** Category: Animal

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Explanation

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The Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus)
is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes. It is found in South Asia, China, and Southeast Asia. It forms a superspecies with the closely related Black-billed and Pacific Koels which are sometimes treated as subspecies. The Asian Koel is a brood parasite that lays its eggs in the nests of crows and other hosts, who raise its young.
They are unusual among the cuckoos in being largely frugivorous as adults.
The name koel is echoic in origin with several language variants and the bird is a widely used symbol in Indian poetry.



The Asian Koel is a large, long-tailed, cuckoo.

The word "Koel" is derived from the Hindi word which is onomatopoeic in origin. The Sanskrit root is "Kokila" and the words in various Indian languages are similar. It is traditionally held in high regard for its song and held in reverence with the Manusmriti, an ancient decree protecting them from harm.
The Vedas, Sanskrit literature dated to about 2000 BC referred to it as Anya-Vapa which meant "that was raised by others". This has been interpreted as the earliest knowledge of brood parasitism. Being familiar birds with loud calls, references to them are common in folklore, myth and poetry.

It has been chosen as the state bird by the southern Indian state of Pondicherry.

These birds were once very popular in India as cagebirds. Feeding even on boiled rice, these hardy birds lived in captivity for as long as 14 years.

This bird has a strong association with the traditional new year celebrations of Sri Lanka. In the literature around the festival, the song of the bird regarded as a heralding of the traditional new year. This bird is known as the koha in Sri Lanka by the Sinhala speaking community.
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Listen to its voice HERE:
source : www.youtube.com


Especially the "first koel song" is a sign of spring.

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Worldwide use

Japan

oni kakkoo オニカッコウ "demon cuckoo"


. Cuckoo (kankodori) - little cuckoo (hototogisu) .


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Things found on the way


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HAIKU


koil sings ~
hibiscus splashes
sunlight reds



kulir thennalil
kuil paattu ~ kaalai neeraada
pohum pen'manigal
[Tamizh ]

in the cool breeze
kuil's song~ women going to
bathe in the morning

Narayanan Raghunathan


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misty dawn -- the koel's call louder than the muezzin's

scudding clouds
the koel's notes trip
over each other

baked earth
a koel's rippling call
cuts through the noon haze

Johannes Manjrekar



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spring sunshine
the song of a koyal
echoes the sky

Shared by Sandip Sital Chauhan
fb, March 2012


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Koel's song
a touch of nostalgia
through my heart

- Shared by Arvinder Kaur -
Joys of Japan, 2012


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morning light...
with my deep breath
a cuckoo's song　

Kala Ramesh

. Haiku Culture Magazine - 2013 . 　　


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summer draught . . .
the mango tree heavy
with koel cries　

Sandip Sital Chauhan

. Haiku Culture Magazine - 2013 . 　



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Related words

***** . Haiku from Punjab .



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