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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 11 years ago

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

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 11 years ago

Fascinating to hear his call!

Seema
Seema 11 years ago

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

Girinukas
Girinukas 12 years ago

Thank you, Karen

KarenL
KarenL 12 years 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 12 years ago

lovely series !

Maria dB
Maria dB 12 years ago

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

DonnaPomeroy
DonnaPomeroy 12 years ago

Excellent photos!

NuwanChathuranga
NuwanChathuranga 12 years ago

great series !!!

Girinukas
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Girinukas

Utenos apskritis, Lithuania

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

Spotted for Mission

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