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Common Cuckoo

species of bird
Taxon taxon Q18845
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Common Cuckoo received Bird of the Year, Bird of the Year, and Bird of the Year.[1][2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Bird of the Year[3]
  • Taxon rank: species[4]
  • IUCN conservation status: Least Concern[5]
  • Parent taxon: Cuculus[6]
  • Taxon name: Cuculus canorus[7]
  • Commons category: Cuculus canorus[8]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Cuculus canorus[9]
  • Commons gallery: Cuculus canorus[10]
  • Main food source: insect[11], caterpillar[12], egg as food[13], chick[14]
  • Described by source: Collier's New Encyclopedia, 1921[15], The Domestic Encyclopædia; Or, A Dictionary Of Facts, And Useful Knowledge[16]
  • Has characteristic: brood parasitism[17], carnivore[18], oviparity[19]
  • Short name: C. canorus[20]
  • Taxon common name: Common Cuckoo[21], Kuckuck[22], Coucou gris[23], Cuco común[24], Cuculo[25], Кукушка[26], Koekoek[27], Gøg[28], Gjøk[29], カッコウ[30], Europese Koekoek[31], Cog[32], käki[33], kakukk[34]

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Identifiers

Common Cuckoo's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 55661[35]. Common Cuckoo's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 45510716[36]. Common Cuckoo's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5231918[37]. Common Cuckoo's ITIS TSN is recorded as 177822[38].

Why It Matters

Common Cuckoo has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[39] It is known by 82 alternative names across languages and contexts.[40]

FAQs

What awards did Common Cuckoo receive?

Honors received include Bird of the Year[3].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [3] ↑ . birdlife.cz. Retrieved . birdlife.cz. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [35] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [38] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [37] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [21] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [22] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . species.be. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [23] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  26. [24] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  27. [25] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [26] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [27] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  30. [28] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  31. [29] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [30] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [31] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [32] ↑ . Gwefan Llên Natur. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  35. [33] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . laji.fi. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  36. [34] ↑ . IOC World Bird List Version 6.3. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [39] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [40] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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