Cuckoo (Common)

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Scientific Name: Cuculus canorus

Appearance: Fairly large size, with long, pointed wings and long, wedge-shaped tail. Short, thick, curved bill. Male: slate grey head, chin and throat, extending down breast. Medium grey upperparts. White underside with grey barring. Female: two colour morphs. Grey morph as male. Rarer rufous morph, upperparts rich rufous-cinnamon with well-spaced greyish-black barring, similar to juvenile.

Song: Males produce familiar loud, clear cuc-coo, sometimes cuc-cuc-coo. May be confused with collared dove, but syllables more sharply defined. Females produce less-frequently heard rich, throaty bubble.

When heard: Summer migrant. Males call upon arrival from mid- to late-April. Female bubbling calls produced slightly later during egg-laying period. Very short vocalisation period ends with departure as early as June.

Example:

Male:

Female:


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