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 How do you get close to a Cockoo? © www.vulkaner.no The Cuckoo is found throughout most of Europe and Asia during the northern summer. It inhabits a wide variety of habitats across a wide range of climatic zones. It arrives in Europe during April and May and starts to return to its wintering quarters in Africa, mainly south of the Equator, in August.  © www.vulkaner.no It is blue-grey above and on its head and chest. The belly is white with fine, black bars. Feet and orbital ring are yellow. The iris is light brown to orange.  www.ecosystema.ru ® The Cuckoo is the classic brood parasite and some of its favoured host species are Meadow Pipit Anthus pratensis, Dunnock Prunella modularis and Reed Warbler Acrocephalus scirpaceus. 
Cuckoo - overview Granada Wild, c/o ITN Source, London http://www.arkive.org 
Large cuckoo chick in nest being fed by reed warbler I - Granada Wild, c/o ITN Source, London II - BBC Natural History Unit http://www.arkive.org 
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