common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) Description
Cuculus canorus
Date 17 May 2005
Source Cropped from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Pieni_2_0622.jpg to get a picture with only a Cuculus canorus. Originally from the Finnish encyclopedia, "Pieni Tietosanakirja", from 1925-1928, now in the public domain.
Author Hanscats
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cululus_canorus(1925).jpg
The common 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.
