Cuckoos (Cuculidae) - HBW 4
Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
French: Coucou gris
German: Kuckuck
Spanish: Cuco Común
Other common names: (Grey/European/Eurasian) Cuckoo
Taxonomy: Cuculus canorus Linnaeus, 1758, Sweden.
Forms a superspecies with C. gularis, with which formerly considered conspecific. Populations of C Asia (Russian Altai and E Sinkiang through Mongolia to N & C China) sometimes separated subspecifically as telephonus on the basis of size (smaller than subtelephonus) and pale plumage (like subtelephonus), but birds in this area are not constant in these characters and overlap with other races occurs; range limits of nominate and race subtelephonus in C Asia rather unclear. Four subspecies currently recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- bangsi Oberholser, 1919 - Iberian Peninsula, Balearic Is, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia; winters in Africa.
- canorus Linnaeus, 1758 - British Is and Scandinavia E through N Russia and Siberia to Kamchatka and Japan, and S to Pyrenees and Mediterranean, Asia Minor and N Iran, Turkmenia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, N China and Korea; winters in Africa and S Asia.
- subtelephonus Zarudny, 1914 - C Asia from Turkestan to W Ala Shan in S Mongolia; winters in S Asia and Africa.
- bakeri Hartert, 1912 - W China (W Sichuan) to Himalayan foothills in N India, Nepal, Khasi Hills, Myanmar (including Shan States), NW Thailand and S China; winters to Assam, E Bengal and SE Asia.
- Least Concern
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A male singing perched on a dead branch Forêt de Fontainebleau, France (ssp canorus)
Julien Rochefort 26 April 2007 2 years ago 13 sec 4.7 -
A male singing, perched on a dead tree Essonne, France (ssp canorus)
Julien Rochefort 21 May 2007 2 years ago 33 sec 4.6 -
A bird eating catterpillar Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 August 2005 7 weeks ago 48 sec 4.5 -
Singing on electric wire Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 June 2006 11 weeks ago 18 sec 4 -
A male disturbed by a competitor Forêt de Rambouillet, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France
Alain Beaufils 10 May 2006 1 year ago 33 sec 4 -
A male perched on a branch Suomussalmi, Oulu Province, Finland (ssp canorus)
Jean Hupperetz 31 May 2000 6 years ago 20 sec 4
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A migrant bird for a stoppover in the steppe. Kendirli-Kayasan plateau, Mangystau Province, Kazakhstan (ssp canorus)
Christophe Gouraud 18 May 2009 24 weeks ago 3.2 -
Adult perching on an telephone wire Lake Nakuru National Park, Kenya
Bruno Schmetz 4 November 2005 1 year ago 3.2 -
Underview of a bird taking off. Gaivoron, Khanka Lake, Primorsky Krai, Russia (Eastern) (ssp canorus)
Josep del Hoyo 8 June 2009 1 week ago ADDED LAST MONTH 3
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Calling from wire Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
RAM GOPAL SONI 1 June 2006 11 weeks ago 3.5 -
Short sequence of song Vistabella del Maestrat, Castellón, Valencian Community, Spain
(ssp bangsi)
Carlos Fabregat 8 May 2009 42 weeks ago 3
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