{"id":25418,"date":"2012-11-05T14:33:07","date_gmt":"2012-11-05T13:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/large-landbirds\/cuckoo-cuculus-canorus\/"},"modified":"2026-09-11T09:14:56","modified_gmt":"2026-09-11T08:14:56","slug":"cuckoo-cuculus-canorus","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/galleries\/large-landbirds\/cuckoo-cuculus-canorus\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuckoo Cuculus canorus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) (formerly European Cuckoo) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes. This species is a widespread summer migrant to Europe and Asia, and winters in Africa. It is a brood parasite, which lays its eggs in the nests of other bird species, particularly of Dunnocks, Meadow Pipits, and Eurasian Reed Warblers.<\/p>\n<p>Factsheet: Common Cuckoo\u00a0<i>Cuculus\u00a0canorus<\/i>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"ngg-galleryoverview\" id=\"ngg-gallery-290-25418\">\n\n\n\n    \t<!-- Thumbnails -->\n\t\t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2159\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cuckoo-cuculus-canorus\/cuckoo-cuculus-canorus-4.jpg\" title=\"Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria (14 Jun 2009)\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria (14 Jun 2009)\" alt=\"Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) (04)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cuckoo-cuculus-canorus\/thumbs\/thumbs_cuckoo-cuculus-canorus-4.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) (04)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2158\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cuckoo-cuculus-canorus\/cuckoo-cuculus-canorus-3.jpg\" title=\"Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria (14 Jun 2009)\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria (14 Jun 2009)\" alt=\"Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) (03)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cuckoo-cuculus-canorus\/thumbs\/thumbs_cuckoo-cuculus-canorus-3.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) (03)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2157\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cuckoo-cuculus-canorus\/cuckoo-cuculus-canorus-2.jpg\" title=\"Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria (14 Jun 2009)\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria (14 Jun 2009)\" alt=\"Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) (02)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cuckoo-cuculus-canorus\/thumbs\/thumbs_cuckoo-cuculus-canorus-2.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) (02)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\n \t\n\t\t<div id=\"ngg-image-2156\" class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail-box nggvote-33\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-thumbnail\" >\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cuckoo-cuculus-canorus\/cuckoo-cuculus-canorus-1.jpg\" title=\"Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria (14 Jun 2009)\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Rheinspitz, Vorarlberg, Austria (14 Jun 2009)\" alt=\"Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) (01)\" src=\"https:\/\/focusingonwildlife.com\/news\/wp-content\/gallery\/cuckoo-cuculus-canorus\/thumbs\/thumbs_cuckoo-cuculus-canorus-1.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<span>Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) (01)<\/span>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n \t\n\t<!-- Pagination -->\n \t<div class=\"ngg-clear\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) (formerly European Cuckoo) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes. This species is a widespread summer migrant to Europe and Asia, and winters in Africa. 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