Great Spotted Cuckoo (Clamator glandarius)
About the Great Spotted Cuckoo
The great spotted cuckoo (Clamator glandarius) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, which also includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals. It is widely spread throughout Africa and the Mediterranean Basin. It is a brood parasite that lays its eggs in the nests of corvids, in particular the Eurasian magpie.
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1 recording on this page · licensed Public Domain / CC0 ×1 · mirrored on this server, free for commercial reuse · recorded in France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Morocco, Portugal and elsewhere · xeno-canto lists 348 recordings for this species in total.
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