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Common cuckoo

Cuculus canorus

Photo by Girinukas
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Field Notes

Description:

Common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)

Habitat:

This species is a widespread summer migrant to Europe and Asia, and winters in Africa.

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Comments (9)
arlanda
Wonderful series! Congratulations! It is actually very difficult bird to spot!
Seema
I often hear their calls...but difficult to locate them...nice pictures
KarenL
Lovely! And not very common despite the name! Please can you remove the common name & the brackets from the scientific name box as the system uses the latin name to link this spotting to others of this species. Thanks! Welcome to Project Noah Girinukas!
Atul
lovely series !
Maria dB
Beautiful series and the video with it cuckooing is a wonderful addition!

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PublishedFebruary 15, 2012

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