Great Spotted Cuckoo
Clamator glandarius
- Class
- Bird
- Rarity
- Rare
- Observations
- 2,070
- Most observed in
- 🇪🇸 Spain
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The great spotted cuckoo (Clamator glandarius) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, which also includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals. It is widely spread throughout Africa and the Mediterranean Basin. It is a brood parasite that lays its eggs in the nests of corvids, in particular the Eurasian magpie.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Great spotted cuckoo”.