The purple-spurred cuckoo is a large bird with glossy violet-black plumage and a long tail. It lives in dense tropical forests of islands near New Guinea.
The purple-spurred cuckoo differs from other cuckoos with its bright violet color and the fact that it builds its own nest and raises its chicks. It is important for nature because it regulates the population of insects in forests.
Worker
Tail size
birth time
Picking small food items from foliage, ground, or other surfaces.
Dogs, dolphins, lynx hang out for 9-25 years and party on their birthday three times a year
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very hot and very humid all year round, rain almost every day
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Theoretical maximum lifespan estimated from the Dynamic Energy Budget (DEB) mathematical model. This value reflects a biological potential derived from metabolic parameters, not from direct observation — real recorded lifespans are often significantly shorter.
catches prey with a strong beak
beak
adult
Maturity
plant
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small frogs, newts, salamanders
Colors
Sex
Upcoming jubilees
feet
Gremllins
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walking
Trophic type
Filters
running
always hot and humid, huge trees and vines
Upcoming birthdays
Breeding structure built or used for laying eggs and raising offspring.
Truly long lives: 40-100 years. Bowhead whales, albatrosses, giant tortoises recall their birthday at most once a year
Lifespan
leaf
rains almost always, very humid
Age (juvenile)
Age (from birth to death)
Age (embryo)
Wanderers
Food items are collected from exposed outer surfaces of substrates.
world of Australasia
Jubilee = every 10th birthday
Earliest developmental stage inside an egg or womb.
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small amphibians
Lifespan average
young after fast growth
Juvenile stage following larval metamorphosis but not yet adult.
What do they look like?
Maturity
emergence (insects)
end of lifespan
Wings color
How do they live?
fertilization / egg laying
How do they behave?
birth / hatching
metamorphosis / end of larval stage
end of acceleration
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Mature, fully developed individual capable of reproduction.
gleaning
Egg count
Actively hunting and capturing live prey.
Pets
Indomalayan realm
Feeding occurs primarily on land or in vegetation.
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Old-timers
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Wingspan
turns
islands and part of Australia, many unusual animals and plants
Rascals
terrestrial forest
Tail color
Litter size
Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
How to care for them?
Living from 25 to 40 years. Orangutans, bald eagles, African elephants celebrate their birthday twice a year
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Not specified
Actively searching habitats to locate food items.
Egg color
Where are they found?
Legendary longevity: over 100 years. Galapagos tortoises, Greenland sharks, ocean quahogs celebrate with family once every 4 years
Offspring
Tropical moist forest
Elders
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Taxons
carnivore
if born as {name}
age
birth date
Close
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Career from 7 to 15 months. Dwarf hamsters, voles, field crickets celebrate their birthday twice a month
The basics
climbing
My weight?
Non-stop carnival: they only live a few days. Mayflies, rotifers, midges celebrate their birthday more than twice a day
surface
primary food sources
Potential Habitat
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In husbandry
On the go from 1.3 to 3.5 years. Forest mice, anoles, rainbow fish party on their birthday once a month
Mass
Mosquitoes, fruit flies, small crustaceans hustle for up to 7 months and throw a birthday party every week
terrestrial
Gestation
from 130 grams to 0.5 kilograms, 0.35 – 0.8 meters
islands and part of Australia, many unusual animals and plants
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Food is gathered directly from leaf surfaces.
Always hot
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caterpillars
On the map
lunge
forest
all life stages
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Map data sources: Ecosystem classification — IUCN Global Ecosystem Typology (Keith et al., 2022), indicative distribution maps Keith et al. (2020), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3546513; Large Marine Ecosystems — NOAA LME Program; Bathymetry — GEBCO Bathymetric Compilation Group (2026), GEBCO_2026 Grid, https://doi.org/10.5285/4f68d5c7-45eb-f999-e063-7086abc036fa; Climate data — Generated using Copernicus Climate Change Service information; Species occurrence data — GBIF.org, Derived dataset "all animals", https://zveriki.com/dataset/dataset.tsv; Terrestrial ecoregions — RESOLVE Ecoregions 2017 (Dinerstein et al., 2017), CC BY 4.0
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birth year
Maturity
terrestrial habitat, land surface outside water
sq mm
yr
Beak color
How similar?
Egg size
Male ♂
until the celebration
baby / chick
age as {name}
How do they breed?
On the go from 3.5 to 6 years. Hedgehogs, crows, lizards treat themselves to birthday snacks 6 times a year
Legs color
What if eaten?
spiders
Neither
Moving up vertical surfaces like trunks or rocks to reach food.
butterfly and moth caterpillars
Young offspring still dependent on parental care.
nest
What do they eat?
Where do they live?
Plumage color
forests on land — tropical, temperate, boreal
Duration
Always hot and wet
This is me
imago — adult insects
Always very wet
Gamers
How are they built?
live lizards
mm
Theoretical lifespan
ml
Stars
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My age?
wk
My size?
live spiders — arachnids of all sizes
terrestrial
Asexual
swap
Southeast Asia and islands, always hot and humid
active predation
lizards
Rabbits, falcons, red-eared turtles hang out for 6-9 years and party on their birthday four times a year
Where do they take shelter?
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When you would have been born if you lived as {name}
very hot all year round, frequent rains, but sometimes dry
Daddies
Lifespan maximum
world of Australasia
foraging
Hermaphrodite ⚥
embryo
Hard, projecting mouthpart used to probe, pluck, or crack food.
Zucchini
Length
kg
Rapid forward strike to seize prey.
adult insects
Observations
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