Cuculinae

Etymology

The term “cuckoo” is related to the song gray cuckoo. The Latin name ancient for this species is cŭcūlus , from this term derives the scientific name like the gray cuckoo, then by traditional semantic extension for the Taxon S, the name of subfamily, family and order. The cry and the behavior of this bird are at the origin of the word Cocu. The “O” of Cuckold is probably an inflection of the words formed on Coq.

List families

Cacomantis
Caliechthrus
Cercococcyx
Chrysococcyx
Clamator
Cuculus
Eudynamys
Microdynamis
Pachycoccyx
Rhamphomantis
Scythrops
Surniculus
Urodynamis

; Some particular species

gray Cuckoo: Cuculus canorus Linnaeus, 1758 - most common in Europe.
Eastern Cuckoo: Cuculus saturatus Blyth, 1843 - present in summer in the north of the Siberia, in winter in the east of the India.
Cuckoo geai: Clamator glandarius (Linnaeus, 1758) - present in the extreme south of the Europe.
Cuckoo didric - Chrysococcyx caprius (Boddaert, 1783).

Behavior

The cuckoo is recognized, with other species, like having a behavior of interference during the period of laying. The female cuckoo, after having chosen a nest of another species of bird, removes one or more eggs of brooded and deposits its egg there. The oisillon which has one duration of incubation shorter than the majority of the parasitized species will be raised and nourished by the owners of the nest.

See too

Cuckoo (plant)

External references

External bond

'' the war between cuckoo and rousserolle '', explanations on the parasitic behavior of the cuckoo

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