![]() subtelephonus, first described by Zarudny in 1914, breeds in central Asia from Turkestan to southern Mongolia. bangsi was first described by Oberholser in 1919 and breeds in Iberia, the Balearic Islands and north Africa, spending winter in Africa.Ĭ. ![]() During winter it is found in Assam, East Bengal and south-east Asia.Ĭ. bakeri, first described by Hartert in 1912, breeds in western China to the Himalayan foothills in northern India, Nepal, Myanmar, north-west Thailand and southern China. It occurs from the British Isles through Scandinavia, north Russia and Siberia to Japan in the east, and from the Pyrenees through Turkey, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, northern China and Korea. canorus, the nominate subspecies, was first described by Linnaeus in 1758. The English word "cuckoo" comes from the Old French cucu and it first appears about 1240 in the poem Sumer Is Icumen In - "Summer has come in / Loudly sing, Cuckoo!" in modern English.Ĭ. ![]() The cuckoo family gets its common name and genus name by onomatopoeia for the call of the male Common Cuckoo. The species' binomial name is derived from the Latin cuculus (the cuckoo) and canorus (melodious from canere, meaning to sing). The Common Cuckoo (formerly European Cuckoo) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, which also includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals. It is a brood parasite, which means it lays eggs in the nests of other bird species, particularly of Dunnocks, Meadow Pipits, and Eurasian Reed Warblers. ![]() The Common Cuckoo (formerly European Cuckoo) is a widespread summer migrant to Europe and Asia, and winters in Africa. ![]()
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