Bird Guide Cuckoos, Roadrunners, Anis Common Cuckoo

Common Cuckoo

Common Cuckoo
At a Glance Range & Identification Back to Top

At a Glance

All bird guide text and rangemaps adapted from Lives of North American Birds by Kenn Kaufman© 1996, used by permission of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Category
Upland Ground Birds
IUCN Status
Least Concern
Habitat
Fields, Meadows, and Grasslands, Forests and Woodlands, Shrublands, Savannas, and Thickets, Tundra and Boreal Habitats
Behavior
Direct Flight

Range & Identification

Description

Size
About the size of a Robin, About the size of a Crow
Wing Shape
Pointed, Tapered
Tail Shape
Long, Rounded, Wedge-shaped
Change in Abundance Over Time
Drawing on more than a century of community science from the Christmas Bird Count (CBC), this chart shows how this species’ relative abundance has shifted in recent decades. Explore more and get involved in the CBC.