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Cuculus canorus |
Linnaeus, 1758 |
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Family: Cuculidae |
Order: Cuculiformes |
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Eurasian cuckoo |
Coucou gris |
Cuco común |
Kuckuck |
Migration: intercontinental |
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some residents in Asia |
Migratory in N of range, arriving in SW Britain mainly Apr - May, when occasionally recorded in small parties,
and even in one flock of 50+ birds; also seasonal in hill country from Assam and Chin Hills to Shan States,
where present Mar - Aug. Resident in tropical lowland areas of S Asia. Winter resident in sub-Saharan Africa
and in Sri Lanka. W Palearctic populations migrate to Africa, where a Dutch-ringed juvenile found in Togo in
Oct and a British-ringed juvenile found in Cameroon in Jan; migrants appear in N Senegal as early as late Jul
through Oct; in W Africa nearly all records are in autumn ( Sept - Dec), birds apparently continuing on to C & S
Africa. Race bangsi occurs on passage in W Africa, and winters S of equator from W Africa to L Tanganyika.
Asian populations of nominate canorus and bakeri winter in India, SE Asia and Philippines, also in Africa, but
the extent of migration of Asian birds to Africa is unknown; some subtelephonus migrate through Middle East
and occur in winter from Uganda and E Zaire to Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Natal. Mainly a passage migrant
in Middle East, though some breed in region. Migrants also appear on islands in W Indian Ocean ( Seychelles,
Aldabra). Nominate canorus accidental in Iceland, Faeroes, Azores, Madeira, Canary Is and Cape Verde Is,
rarely also Alaska and eastern N America; one record of canorus in Indonesia, off W Java in winter.
(del Hoyo J, Elliott A, Sargatal J (eds), 1997)
- digitised by GROMS, after Curry-Lindahl K (1981),
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Regions: East Asia, Europe, North Africa, North Asia, South & Southeast Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa, West
& Central Asia |
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(Last update: 05.03.04 by E.Heuel) |