Common Cuckoo
Cuculus canorus

>> GENERAL >>>>>

– near passerine, slightly larger than Common Blackbird
– nocturnal migrant, local diurnal movements
– migrates singly

>> VISUAL ID >>>>>

note: due to contradictory statements in literature we did not age the birds


Common Cuckoo Cuculus c. canorus, F
BIF1933, 31/05/2014, Buir Nuur, Mongolia, Mathias Putze


Common Cuckoo Cuculus c. canorus, F
BIF1934, 31/05/2014, Buir Nuur, Mongolia, Mathias Putze


Common Cuckoo Cuculus c. canorus, M
BIF1935, 30/07/2010, Hortobágy, Hungary, Mathias Putze


Common Cuckoo Cuculus c. canorus, M
BIF1936, 30/07/2010, Hortobágy, Hungary, Mathias Putze


Common Cuckoo Cuculus c. canorus, M
BIF2891, 20/05/2018, Heiligendamm, Germany, Roland Neumann


Common Cuckoo Cuculus c. canorus, M
BIF1937, 30/07/2010, Hortobágy, Hungary, Mathias Putze


Common Cuckoo Cuculus c. canorus, M
BIF1938, 09/06/2016, Khovsgol, Mongolia, Mathias Putze


Common Cuckoo Cuculus c. canorus, M
BIF1939, 09/06/2016, Khovsgol, Mongolia, Mathias Putze


Common Cuckoo Cuculus c. canorus, M
BIF1940, 09/06/2016, Khovsgol, Mongolia, Mathias Putze


Common Cuckoo Cuculus c. canorus, F
BIF1941, 02/06/2011, Tash Gai Nuur, Mongolia, Mathias Putze


Common Cuckoo Cuculus c. canorus, F
BIF1942, 02/06/2011, Tash Gai Nuur, Mongolia, Mathias Putze


Common Cuckoo Cuculus c. canorus, F, rufous morph
BIF3157, 08/06/2018, Havelland, Germany, Mathias Putze


Common Cuckoo Cuculus c. canorus, F, rufous morph
BIF3158, 08/06/2018, Havelland, Germany, Mathias Putze


Common Cuckoo Cuculus c. canorus, F, rufous morph
BIF3159, 08/06/2018, Havelland, Germany, Mathias Putze


Common Cuckoo Cuculus c. canorus, F, rufous morph
BIF1950, 31/05/2015, Wilsen, Germany, Roland Neumann


Common Cuckoo Cuculus c. canorus
BIF1943, 26/05/2015, Jüterbog, Germany, Mathias Putze


Common Cuckoo Cuculus c. canorus
BIF1944, 02/06/2011, Tash Gai Nuur, Mongolia, Mathias Putze


Common Cuckoo Cuculus c. canorus
BIF1945, 02/06/2011, Tash Gai Nuur, Mongolia, Mathias Putze

>> ACOUSTIC ID >>>>>

– supposed to be nonvocal during migration

>> COMPARISON SPECIES >>>>>

Oriental Cuckoo (v)
Levant Sparrowhawk (v)
Eurasian Sparrowhawk (v)
Lesser Kestrel (v)
Common Kestrel (v)

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