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The cuckoo family gets its English and scientific names from the call of the male cuckoo, also familiar from cuckoo clocks. In most cuckoos, the calls are distinctive to particular species, and are useful for identification.
Their appearances vary greatly from the tiny mangrove cuckoo of coastal Mexico and the Caribbean, with its blue spotted tail feathers to the safety-orange beak and punk rock crest of the guira ...
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. This species is a widespread summer migrant to Europe and Asia, and winters in Africa.
Jun 4, 2024 · cuckoo, any of numerous birds of the family Cuculidae (order Cuculiformes). The name usually designates some 60 arboreal members of the subfamilies Cuculinae and Phaenicophaeinae.
The Cuckoo is a dove-sized bird with a blue-grey back, head and chest, and stripey black and white belly. Its sleek body, long tail and pointed wings gives it an appearance not unlike Kestrels or Sparrowhawks. Cuckoos are summer visitors and known for being brood parasites.
Cuckoo guide: why they call ‘cuckoo’, how they trick other birds, and ...
Cuculus canorus. The devious Cuckoo has perfected the art of deception. These hawk-like birds return to the UK each spring to lay their eggs in the nests of over two-dozen unsuspecting bird species. Close up of a Cuckoo on a post.
Mar 4, 2020 · Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA.
POWERED BY MERLIN. Found in woodland, heathland, farmland with hedges, marshes with scattered bushes. "COO-koo" song (like a cuckoo clock) often given from open perch. Note long wings and tail, barred belly, rather small bill. Flight direct and often low, suggesting a hawk or falcon.
The Common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, Cuculiformes, which includes the roadrunners, the anis, and the coucals. It is a brood parasite, which means it lays eggs in the nests of other bird species, particularly of dunnocks , Meadow pipits , and Reed warblers .
