common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)

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Subject:	common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
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Artist François-Nicolas Martinet (1739–1797) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois-Nicolas_Martinet
Description
Cuculus canorus
Date 1700-1880
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Buffon VI p. 389 pl. 811
Old Latin name Cuculus canorus
New Latin name Cuculus canorus
Common name Nederlands: Koekoek
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cuculus_canorus_-_1700-1880_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBA01_IZ18800219.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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