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Common Cuckoo

Cuculus canorus

Family Cuculidae. Order Cuculiformes.

Common Cuckoo — Photographs 1
Common Cuckoo.
Photo: Vogelartinfo / Wikimedia Commons · GFDL 1.2

Description

The cuckoo, common cuckoo, European cuckoo or Eurasian cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, Cuculiformes, which includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals.

Traits

Residency
migratory
Diet
insects (including hairy caterpillars)
Game species
no

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Recording: Wikimedia Commons

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Photographs

Common Cuckoo — Photographs 2
Common Cuckoo. Zoological illustration.
Baldamus, A. C. Eduard; Blasius, J. H.; Naumann, Johann Andreas; Nauma / Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

Links

Source: {'label': 'Wikipedia', 'href': 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_cuckoo'}