That is the bird in the Vietnamese fairy tale that “caught her and tied her up”.

Birds that tie themselves to poles can be found almost everywhere from the mountains to the plains

This is a medium-sized cuckoo species that lives in many places throughout Asia, from Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka to Indonesia in the south and China.

Banded birds usually have a white upper half of their body while the lower half of their body has many black and white stripes. They usually live in forests, at altitudes above 3,600m.

This bird has a habit of laying eggs in the nests of other species

The cry of this bird is very special because each time it cries, people can hear 4 different sounds

The bird that “captures her” is what many people call “nine girls and forty” (when criticizing the price of girls) or “four girls and ninety” (when prices increase).

In addition, birds also have names such as “five buffaloes and six pillars”, “overcoming difficulties”, “tying themselves to a pillar”, “some hanging by the neck”…