Taiwanese birdwatchers have also noticed that Taiwan's lesser coucals especially love to stay around graveyards. It is not hard to imagine how the eerie sound of a cuckoo calling at night amid the graves led people to feel that its song could not be a good omen.
台灣賞鳥人曾發現番鵑在墓園逗留不去，杜鵑在墳堆中夜啼，更讓人覺得不祥。