The Adult males have bluish-grey upperparts and a white belly with dark barring. Females occur in two forms, one is similar to the male but the breast is buff coloured with dark barring; the other form is reddish brown, and often wholly covered with dark bars. Juveniles are slate-grey with touches of reddish-brown. The familiar call 'cuck-oo, cuck-oo' is imitated by the common name; later in the year females produce a 'bubbling' call.
[Mullarney, K., Svensson, L., Zetterstrom, D., & Grant, P.J. (1999) Collins Bird Guide. HarperCollins Publishers Ltd, London]
[Greenoak, F. (1979) All the birds of the air. Book Club Associates, London].
🗒 Synonyms
| No Data |
🗒 Common Names
| English |
|
| en |
|
📚 Overview
Summary
Bird group
Cuckoos
SubSpecies Varieties Races
Cuculus canorus canorus Linnaeus, 1758 – British Is and Scandinavia E through N Russia and Siberia to Kamchatka and Japan, and S to Pyrenees and Mediterranean, Asia Minor and N Iran, Turkmenia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, N China and Korea; winters in Africa and S Asia.
Cuculus canorus bangsi Oberholser, 1919 – Iberian Peninsula, Balearic Is, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia; winters in Africa.
Cuculus canorus subtelephonus Zarudny, 1914 – C Asia from Turkestan E to S Mongolia (W Ala Shan); winters in S Asia and Africa.
Cuculus canorus bakeri E. J. O. Hartert, 1912 – SC China (W Sichuan) to Himalayan foothills in N India, Nepal, Khasi Hills, Myanmar (including Shan States), NW Thailand, N Laos, N Vietnam and S China; winters to Assam, E Bengal and SE Asia.
No Data
📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
No Data
📚 Habitat and Distribution
Description
Global Distribution
India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal
Distribution In India
Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Nagaland, Sikkim, Maharashtra
Distribution In Assam
Migratory in Assam
No Data
📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List Category
Least Concern
No Data
📚 Uses and Management
📚 Information Listing
References
- Praveen J., Jayapal, R., & Pittie, A., 2016. Checklist of the birds of India (v1.1). Website: http://www.indianbirds.in/india/ [Date of publication: 03 October, 2016].
- Praveen J., Jayapal, R., & Pittie, A., 2018. Checklist of the birds of India (v2.0). Website: http://www.indianbirds.in/india/ [Date of publication: 31 January, 2018].
- BirdLife International. 2016. Cuculus canorus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22683873A86119034. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683873A86119034.en. Downloaded on 26 April 2018. Date of access - 26/04/2018.
- Payne, R., Christie, D.A. & Kirwan, G.M. (2018). Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/54799 on 26 April 2018). Date of access - 26/04/2018.
Information Listing > References
- Praveen J., Jayapal, R., & Pittie, A., 2016. Checklist of the birds of India (v1.1). Website: http://www.indianbirds.in/india/ [Date of publication: 03 October, 2016].
- Praveen J., Jayapal, R., & Pittie, A., 2018. Checklist of the birds of India (v2.0). Website: http://www.indianbirds.in/india/ [Date of publication: 31 January, 2018].
- BirdLife International. 2016. Cuculus canorus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T22683873A86119034. http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683873A86119034.en. Downloaded on 26 April 2018. Date of access - 26/04/2018.
- Payne, R., Christie, D.A. & Kirwan, G.M. (2018). Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus). In: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. (retrieved from https://www.hbw.com/node/54799 on 26 April 2018). Date of access - 26/04/2018.
Avian fauna of Amboli Ghat, Sindhudurg District, Maharashtra State, India
Jo
Journal of Threatened TaxaAn annotated checklist of the birds of upper Chenab catchment, Jammu & Kashmir, India
Jo
Journal of Threatened TaxaAn annotated checklist of the birds of the upper Siang region, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Jo
Journal of Threatened TaxaAvifauna of Chamba District, Himachal Pradesh, India with emphasis on Kalatop-Khajjiar Wildlife Sanctuary and its surroundings
Jo
Journal of Threatened TaxaA pilot survey of the avifauna of Rangdum Valley, Kargil, Ladakh (Indian Trans-Himalaya)
Jo
Journal of Threatened TaxaA checklist of the winter bird community in different habitat types of Rosekandy Tea Estate of Assam, India
Jo
Journal of Threatened TaxaAn updated checklist of birds of Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan, India
Jo
Journal of Threatened TaxaCEPF Western Ghats Special Series: Birds of Meghamalai Landscape, southern Western Ghats, India
Jo
Journal of Threatened TaxaBirds of the Sálim Ali Centre for Ornithology and Natural History Campus, Anaikatty Hills, southern India
Jo
Journal of Threatened TaxaNo Data
🐾 Taxonomy
| Root | Root |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Phylum | Chordata |
| Class | Aves |
| Order | Cuculiformes |
| Family | Cuculidae |
| Genus | Cuculus |
| Species | Cuculus canorus Linnaeus 1758 |
📊 Temporal Distribution
📷 Related Observations
👥 Groups
