Common cuckoo
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phylum | Chordata | The Common Cuckoo is a widespread summer migrant to Europe and Asia, and winters in Africa. It is a brood parasite, which means it lays eggs in the nests of other bird species, particularly of Dunnocks, Meadow Pipits, and Eurasian Reed Warblers.
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clade | Diapsida | |
Class | Aves | |
order | Cuculiformes | |
family | Cuculidae | |
genus | Cuculus | |
species | C. canorus |