Cuculus canorus

	DISSEMINATION

Geographic Range	Europe, Asia, Africa, North America.
Physical Characteristics	it's blue-grey with white barred underparts. Long black tail with white spots. Wings are short and pointed.
Behaviour	it commits the breeding of its chicks to other birds. Each female lays her eggs in the nest of another species when the owner is absent.
Notes	once the cuckoo has hatched, it will eject the other eggs or young so that it will receive all the food brought by the "foster parents".
Habitat	moorlands, forests, cultivated areas, reeds.
Flight	quick shallow wing-beats. The wings are always held below the horizontal level.
Food habits	it is insectivore, it eats caterpillars, spiders, larvae.
Migration	in winter it migrates toward Africa and South Sahara.
Nidification	between March and April it lays 12 - 13 eggs in more than one nest. The eggs are incubated for 12 days.

Sources
References	BirdGuides Oiseaux.net Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan, Museum of Zoology
Web References	http://www.birdguides.com/ http://www.oiseaux.net/ http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/
Source of the photo	http://www.putni.lv/
Source of the call	http://www.birdforum.net/
Source of the video	http://www.hbw.com/ibc/