3888 x 2592 px | 32,9 x 21,9 cm | 13 x 8,6 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
15 maggio 2011
Ubicazione:
Europe, Estonia, Matsalu Nature Park
Altre informazioni:
The Cuckoos are a family of near-passerine birds. They are the main part of the order called Cuculiformes. Many of them have a unique kind of parastism called brood parastism. This means it lays its eggs in the nests of other kinds of birds, who then rear the baby cuckoo instead of their own. Cuculus canorus, the most common species, is a well known bird in many parts of the world. The cuckoo gets its names because the male Common Cuckoo sings two notes which sound like the word “cu – ckoo”. The female does not make this sound. She has a loud bubbling call. The cuckoo is a Spring migrant to many parts of Europe and Asia. It spends the winters in Africa. The cuckoo only stays in its summer location for about 10 weeks. In Britain, for example, it will arrive around the end of April and the adults may be returning to Africa by the end of June or early July. They are summer visitors and well-known brood parasites, the females laying their eggs in the nests of other birds, especially meadow pipits, dunnocks and reed warblers. Their recent population decline makes this a Red List species.
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