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Common cuckoo

Cuculus canorus

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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9 Comments

arlanda
arlanda 5 months ago

Wonderful series! Congratulations! It is actually very difficult bird to spot!

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 5 months ago

Fascinating to hear his call!

Seema
Seema 6 months ago

I often hear their calls...but difficult to locate them...nice pictures

Girinukas
Girinukas a year ago

Thank you, Karen

KarenL
KarenL a year ago

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
Atul a year ago

lovely series !

Maria dB
Maria dB a year ago

Beautiful series and the video with it cuckooing is a wonderful addition!

DonnaPomeroy
DonnaPomeroy a year ago

Excellent photos!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga a year ago

great series !!!

Utenos apskritis, Lithuania

Lat: 55.83, Long: 25.98

Spotted on May 22, 2011
Submitted on Feb 15, 2012

Spotted for mission

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