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Migratory bird that defied Covid-19 times flies back home

Oriental Cuckoo bird nicknamed ONON covered more than 8,000km from Kenya to China in five days.[Photo:Courtesy]


As the world continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic five birds were having times of their lives touring the world.

Seven months later, the bird an Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus optatus)  nicknamed ONON is back home in Mongolia near Russian border, after finishing a round trip of 26,000km having crossed 27 borders involving 16 countries Kenya being one of them. Impressively the bird covered more than 8,000km from Kenya to China in five days.

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