Priotelus temnurus

The Cuban biting cuckoo is 24-46 cm long and has a wingspan of 25-35 cm. The head and neck are dark blue, the eyes are bright red, the upper beak is black and the lower beak is red, there are serrated horny, the back is dark green, slightly metallic luster, the chest is white, the abdomen is red, the feet are black, the wings are mixed with black and white stripes, the tail feathers are crescent shaped; The female is slightly smaller than the male, the obvious difference being that the red color of the female's abdomen is slightly paler.

As a bird endemic to Cuba, the Cuban biting cuckoo is widely distributed in forest areas of the country.
The Cuban biting cuckoo lives alone in tropical rainforest environments, living near streams during the day. Although it can fly extremely fast, the bird is lazy and usually whistles in the bush or on high branches, where it is called guatini by the indigenous Cubans.

The Cuban biting cuckoo (Priotelus temnurus) is a small climbing bird. There are two subspecies, named subspecies and Pine Island subspecies.

Cuban biters are omnivorous birds that eat seeds, fruits, and insects.

Cuban biting cuckoo mating between March to June every year, a male and a female, the couple nests in the tree hole, the female bird lays 3 to 4 eggs each time, incubation period of about 14 to 21 days, male and female together with young, the birds out of the shell a month after the emergence of the full fledged, two months old can live independently, the newborn bird's wings retain a pair of primitive claws, disappear after adulthood.

Almost all the birds of the biting cuckoo family are like Mr. Lu Xun's grumpy, keep overnight "Zhang bird", not confined to the cage, otherwise they will soon be irritable and melancholy to death, the Cuban biting cuckoo is no exception, this unruly character appropriately reflects the spirit of the Cuban people love freedom, so it was selected as the country's national bird.

Due to the destruction of its habitat due to deforestation, the Cuban biting cuckoo is now on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species (IUCN Red List of Threatened Species).

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