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Gray cuckoo

The gray cuckoo, from its scientific name Cuculus canorus, is a bird that lives throughout Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America.

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It is a bird belonging to the Cuculidae family and the Cuculiformes order.

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It is recognizable with its gray body, an orange spot on the throat (in the female) and its white and black belly. Its tail is gray and black. Its beak and legs are orange.

In the gray cuckoo, it is possible to recognize the female from the male. In fact, the female has an orange spot on her throat.

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The Eastern Cuckoo feeds mainly on insects and small chicks.

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It lives mainly in forests and close to cultivated areas.

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It nests in the nests of other birds. In fact, the female lays all her eggs in already occupied nests. Each egg is in a different nest. It lays about 14 eggs.

When the little one has opened the shell, it pushes all the chicks (of the other species) out of the nest, to be the only one left.

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It is a rather talkative species.

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On the IUCN conservation status it is: LC Least concern.

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Adult gray cuckoo breeding plumage

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