#0637 · 🐦 birds

Common Cuckoo

🇳🇱 Koekoek ·Cuculus canorus

LCleast concern 🐦 Birds 📍 in the Netherlands

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

1. © Oleg · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Erik Eckstein · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © falcons4life · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Korbinian von Königslöw · CC BY-NC 4.0
5. © James West · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
6. © denverhendricksnatsoc · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © Юрий Носков · CC0
8. © Vitaliy Khustochka · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The common cuckoo ( Cuculus canorus ) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, Cuculiformes , which includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals.

base stats

NL sightings 399iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 32,834iNaturalist observations
weight 117 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).