Common Cuckoo

Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) is a brood parasite that breeds across temperate Eurasia and pockets in central India. Nearly the entire global population winters in Africa.

Just like Amur Falcon and European Roller, Common Cuckoo also makes the remarkable journey from central and East Asia through India and across the Arabian Sea to spend the winter in Africa!

But unlike Amur Falcon which is most abundant in Northeast India during passage, Common Cuckoo is most abundant in South and southwestern India during passage.

Migration map

This animated migration map was created from observations uploaded to the citizen science platform eBird up until 2020. Where present, the inset graph depicts the seasonal likelihood of finding this species (i.e. the proportion of eBird checklists) within its range in India alone. We are grateful to the many birdwatchers around the world who have enabled the creation of this animation by sharing their observations on eBird.

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