#1006 · 🐦 birds

Great Spotted Cuckoo

🇳🇱 Kuifkoekoek ·Clamator glandarius

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

7 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Frank Vassen · CC BY 4.0
2. © Alex R · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © markus lilje · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
4. © Angel · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © pedrosanz-anapri · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © copper · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Francesco Veronesi · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

what is it?

The great spotted cuckoo ( Clamator glandarius ) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, which also includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals. The genus name clamator is Latin for "shouter" from clamare , "to shout". The specific glandarius is derived from Latin glans, glandis , "acorn".

base stats

NL sightings 1iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 2,916iNaturalist observations
weight 169 gadult, up to
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).