common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)

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Subject:	common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
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Description
Cuculus canorus
Date 1796-1808
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Levaillant, Histoire naturelle des oiseaux d'Afrique, V pl. 202
Old Latin name Cuculus canorus
New Latin name Cuculus canorus
Common name Nederlands: Koekoek
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cuculus_canorus_-_1796-1808_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ18800221.tif

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.

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