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Safari Tip:
Find out more about the curious lifestyle of the cuckoo with the book called
"The Cuckoo" available in the Nature Shop - click
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Latin name: Cuculus canorus
Size: Approximately 30cms long
Distribution: Found throughout the UK
Months seen: April to September. They spend the rest of the year in Africa.
Habitat: Parks, gardens and woodland.
Food: Insects.
Special features: The cuckoo is well known for it's parasitic nesting behavior. The female selects a suitable nest, usually made by a smaller bird. She removes one egg from the nest and
lays one of her own in its place.
When the cuckoo chick hatches out, it pushes out the remaining eggs or chicks from the nest, ensuring full attention from its foster parents.
The foster parents feed the cuckoo chick as if it were their own, even after the chick has grown much larger than the parent bird.
The cuckoo is more frequently heard than seen. Its call in April is a familiar springtime
sound.
Hear a Cuckoo
• Click
here for the MP3 - 89 KB
• Click here
for the WAV - 239 KB
Book of "The Cuckoo" in the Nature Shop
UK Safari Bird Section
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