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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.
Cuckoos are birds in the Cuculidae / kjuːˈkjuːlɪdiː / family, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes / kjuːˈkjuːlɪfɔːrmiːz /. [1] [2] [3] The cuckoo family includes the common or European cuckoo, roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals, and anis.
Cuckoo is a summer visitor to our shores, the males arriving in late April and leaving again as early as the first week of June. Cuckoo numbers are declining in Britain, albeit with much regional variation, and the bird's familiar two-note call has been lost form many of its former haunts.
Common names: common cuckoo. Scientific name:Cuculus canorus. Family: Cuculidae (cuckoos) Habitat: woodland edges and grassland. Diet: invertebrates, with caterpillars a particular favourite. Predators: chicks and eggs are vulnerable to nest predators such as stoats and weasels. Origin: native.
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.
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