The Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) is a cuckoo found across Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. A brood parasite whose familiar two-note call announces spring. It typically occurs in woodland edge and open country.
In the Nordic countries the Common Cuckoo is best described as a summer visitor. Its global conservation status is assessed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List. On Fågelkartan you can see where it has been reported over the last 30 days, based on open data from the national species-observation systems.
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