Cuckoo Bird: Nest Life
Nature's boldest baby bird
Only for iPhone
Free · In‑App Purchases · Designed for iPhone. Not verified for macOS.
iPhone
Play a cuckoo chick: hatch, beg, grow huge, and fledge in 12 real birds' nests. Collect skins, ace nature quizzes, and discover why there are no bad birds.
Meet the cuckoo: nature's boldest little freeloader.
In Cuckoo, you play a newly hatched cuckoo chick dropped into a stranger's nest. Hatch from your egg, make room for yourself, beg your unwitting foster parents into feeding you, grow into a comically oversized chick, then fledge and fly off to find your next host nest. One quick loop, then again — each in a different bird's nest, with new challenges every time.
It's based on one of the most astonishing true stories in the natural world. Every mechanic in the game is real cuckoo behavior, just slightly cartoonish.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Tap to hatch, feed, grow, and fledge through quick, satisfying loops
- Raise your chick in 12 real host species, from the tiny reed warbler to the brambling
- Time your begging to get fed before the mother loses patience
- Watch your chick balloon to absurd size next to its pint-sized parents
KEEP COMING BACK
- Earn coins from every run, perfect feed, and daily streak
- Spend them on collectible cuckoo skins and cozy nest decorations
- Take on a fresh Daily Challenge for bonus coins
- Build a daily streak and watch your rewards grow
LEARN SOMETHING REAL
- Six short, beautifully written chapters on the real biology of brood parasitism
- Pass each chapter's quiz to earn coins
- Ace them all to earn your shareable "Small Ornithologist" diploma
- Fill out your Field Guide by discovering all 12 host species
THERE ARE NO BAD BIRDS
Cuckoo celebrates nature exactly as it is. The cuckoo isn't a villain — it's a marvel of evolution doing precisely what it was born to do. No blood, no cruelty, just wonder.
Free to play. No accounts, no nonsense. Just you, a tiny trespasser, and a whole world of nests to discover.
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Information
- Seller
- Andres Wetzel
- Size
- 3.7 MB
- Category
- Action
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 18.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 18.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 15.0 or later and a Mac with Apple M1 chip or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 2.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- In-App Purchases
Yes
- Cuckoo Supporter $1.99
- Copyright
- © 2026 Andres Wetzel Bagolini