Editing Common cuckoo (section)

{{Short description|Species of bird}}
{{Speciesbox
| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name=IUCN>{{cite iucn| author = BirdLife International | year = 2019 | title = ''Cuculus canorus'' |amends=2016 | page = e.T22683873A155496731 | doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22683873A155496731.en | access-date = 12 March 2021}}</ref>
| image = Cuculus canorus vogelartinfo chris romeiks CHR0791 cropped.jpg
| taxon = Cuculus canorus
| authority = [[Carl Linnaeus|Linnaeus]], [[10th edition of Systema Naturae|1758]]
| range_map = CuculusCanorusIUCNver2019 3.png
| range_map_caption = Range of ''Cuculus canorus''{{leftlegend|#00FF00|Breeding|outline=gray}}  {{leftlegend|#00FFFF|Passage|outline=gray}} {{leftlegend|#007FFF|Non-breeding|outline=gray}}  {{leftlegend|#AAFFAA|Possibly extant (breeding)|outline=gray}} 
}}

The '''cuckoo''', '''common cuckoo''', '''European cuckoo''' or '''Eurasian cuckoo''' ('''''Cuculus canorus''''') is a member of the [[cuckoo]] order of birds, Cuculiformes, which includes the [[Geococcyx|roadrunners]], the [[ani (bird)|anis]] and the [[coucal]]s.

This species is a widespread summer [[bird migration|migrant]] to Europe and Asia, and winters in Africa. It is a [[brood parasite]], which means it lays eggs in the nests of other bird species, particularly of [[dunnock]]s, [[meadow pipit]]s, and [[Eurasian reed warbler|reed warblers]]. Although its eggs are larger than those of its hosts, the eggs in each type of host nest resemble the host's eggs. The adult too is a [[mimicry|mimic]], in its case of the [[Eurasian sparrowhawk|sparrowhawk]]; since that species is a predator, the mimicry gives the female time to lay her eggs without being attacked.