Sentence examples for common cuckoos are from inspiring English sources

Common cuckoos are less tolerant.

Most of the species parasitized by the common cuckoo are smaller than the cuckoo and lay their eggs at the rate of one each day until the clutch is complete, only then beginning incubation.

Some few, such as "The Black Redstart" and "The Common Cuckoo", are signed "THOMPSON DEL ET SC".

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

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

A notable feature of the egg of the common cuckoo is its small size; its weight is only about 2.5 percent of that of the adult cuckoo.

The common cuckoo is what biologists call a brood parasite; it lays eggs in other birds' nests, hoping the mothers won't notice.

Normally it does not receive attention from its real parents, but adult common cuckoos have occasionally been observed feeding young cuckoos; in the genus Chrysococcyx, such behaviour appears to be more frequent than in other genera.

Most cuckoos are solitary, often furtive birds that are inconspicuous even when relatively common.

TO THE people of Europe, cuckoos are harbingers of spring.

Cuckoos are largely insectivorous, preying mostly on crawling insects.