The image shows a young female cuckoo (Cuculus canorus). On the right-hand side you can see Jaime Guimarães Cibrão's illustration, which depicts the animal's feathers in detail, and on the left-hand side you can see the bird in its natural habitat, with a larva in its beak.
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