Common Cuckoo
Cuculus canorus
- KingdomAnimalia (Animals)
- PhylumChordata (Cordats)
- ClassAves (Aus)
- OrderCuculiformes (Cuckoos)
- FamilyCuculidae (Cuckoos)
- GenusCuculus (Typical Old World Cuckoos)
- SpeciesCuculus canorus (Common Cuckoo)
The cuckoo, common cuckoo, European cuckoo or Eurasian cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, Cuculiformes, which includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals. This species is a widespread summer migrant to Europe and Asia, and winters in Africa. It is a brood parasite, which means it lays eggs in the nests of other bird species, particularly of dunnocks, meadow pipits, and reed warblers. Although its eggs are larger than those of its hosts, the eggs in each type of host nest resemble the host's eggs. The adult too is a mimic, in its case of the sparrowhawk; since that species is a predator, the mimicry gives the female time to lay her eggs without being attacked. Wikipedia →
Closest Relatives at Namdapha National Park
Large Hawk Cuckoo
Cuculus sparverioides
Indian Cuckoo
Cuculus micropterus
Cuculus nisicolor
Cuculus nisicolor
Lesser Cuckoo
Cuculus poliocephalus
Lesser Coucal
Centropus bengalensis
Asian Drongo-Cuckoo
Surniculus lugubris
Plaintive Cuckoo
Cacomantis merulinus
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo
Clamator coromandus
Banded Bay Cuckoo
Cacomantis sonneratii
Asian Emerald Cuckoo
Chrysococcyx maculatus
Greater Coucal
Centropus sinensis
📅 Monthly Probability
Fewer than 5 records of Common Cuckoo at Namdapha National Park — not enough to chart months honestly.
☀️ When They're Spotted
Most active during daytime hours (6am–6pm) · across all parks (global)
Global Distribution
Where this species is recorded worldwide. Restricted to human observations from 2019 onwards — the same kind of record and the same period the probabilities on this page are built from, so collar-tracking studies, camera-trap arrays and museum specimens are excluded. Around Santa Rosa that removes 5,924 GPS fixes from a handful of tagged jaguars.
where this species is recorded (GBIF density — it tracks where observers go, not how likely a sighting is) · parks where it occurs — tap a pin for the sighting probability there