A report on Common cuckoo
Member of the cuckoo order of birds, Cuculiformes, which includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals.
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Cuckoo
2 linksCuckoos are birds in the Cuculidae family, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes.
Cuckoos are birds in the Cuculidae family, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes.
The cuckoo family includes the common or European cuckoo, roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals and anis.
Brood parasite
2 linksBrood parasites are animals that rely on others to raise their young.
Brood parasites are animals that rely on others to raise their young.
Common cuckoo females have been proposed to select hosts with similar egg characteristics to her own.
Common blackbird
4 linksSpecies of true thrush.
Species of true thrush.
This species is occasionally a host of parasitic cuckoos, such as the common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), but this is minimal because the common blackbird recognizes the adult of the parasitic species and its non-mimetic eggs.
Eurasian sparrowhawk
1 linksSmall bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.
Small bird of prey in the family Accipitridae.
A study, using stuffed bird models, found that small birds are less likely to approach common cuckoos (a brood parasite) which have barred underparts like the Eurasian sparrowhawk.
Garden warbler
1 linksCommon and widespread small bird that breeds in most of Europe and in the Palearctic to western Siberia.
Common and widespread small bird that breeds in most of Europe and in the Palearctic to western Siberia.
It may be host to various fleas, mites and internal parasites, and it is a host of the common cuckoo, a brood parasite.
Oriental cuckoo
1 linksBird belonging to the genus Cuculus in the cuckoo family Cuculidae.
Bird belonging to the genus Cuculus in the cuckoo family Cuculidae.
The common cuckoo (C. canorus) is very similar in appearance but is slightly bulkier with longer wings and tail and a slightly smaller head and bill.
Onomatopoeia
1 linksProcess of creating a word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes.
Process of creating a word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes.
In English, for example, there is the universal fastener which is named for the sound it makes: the zip (in the UK) or zipper (in the U.S.) Many birds are named after their calls, such as the bobwhite quail, the weero, the morepork, the killdeer, chickadees and jays, the cuckoo, the chiffchaff, the whooping crane, the whip-poor-will, and the kookaburra.
Gens (behaviour)
1 linksIn animal behaviour, a gens (pl.
In animal behaviour, a gens (pl.
However, it is believed that in common cuckoos, gens-specific properties are sex-linked and lie on the W chromosome of the female.
Water pipit
0 linksSmall passerine bird which breeds in the mountains of Southern Europe and the Palearctic eastwards to China.
Small passerine bird which breeds in the mountains of Southern Europe and the Palearctic eastwards to China.
The water pipit may be hunted by birds of prey, infested by parasites such as fleas, or act as an involuntary host to the common cuckoo, but overall its population is large and stable, and it is therefore evaluated as a species of least concern by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
Song thrush
2 linksThrush that breeds across the West Palearctic.
Thrush that breeds across the West Palearctic.
The song thrush is occasionally a host of parasitic cuckoos, such as the common cuckoo, but this is very rare because the thrush recognizes the cuckoo's non-mimetic eggs.