Sentence examples for common cuckoo from inspiring English sources

Blue colour indicates common cuckoo lineages laying immaculate blue eggs.

In western Europe the common cuckoo is migratory, arriving at its breeding area in spring.

Gibbs, H. L. et al. Genetic evidence for female host-specific races of the common cuckoo.

Marchetti, K., Nakamura, H. & Gibbs, H. L. Host-race formation in the common cuckoo.

Brood parasitism in the common cuckoo was recognized by Aristotle in the 4th century bce.

Mitochondrial phylogeny and approximate divergence times for the common cuckoo Cuculus canorus and closely related species.

(a) Examples illustrating host-specific egg mimicry and the tremendous variation in egg colour among common cuckoo host races.

The adaptive value of small eggs is not well understood, but it is assumed to be related to the reliance of the common cuckoo on small hosts.

The Guira Cuckoo is perhaps the most common cuckoo over a diversity of drier habitats from the mouth of the Amazon south to central Argentina.

Willemoes, M. et al. Narrow-front loop migration in a population of the common cuckoo cuculus canorus, as revealed by satellite telemetry.

Moksnes, A. & Røskaft, E. Egg morphs and host preference in the common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) - an analysis of cuckoo and host eggs from European museum collections.