cuckoo in the PONS Dictionary

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The diversity of the cuckoo's eggs is extraordinary, the forms resembling those of its most usual hosts.
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Cuckoos occur in a wide variety of habitats.
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Many species of birds mostly cuckoos, woodcreepers, tanagers, and antbirds feed near the swarms.
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The remains of 84 bird specimens of 18 different species, including motmots, doves, trogons, cuckoos, wrens and orioles, were discovered at one spectral bat roost.
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In most cuckoos the calls are distinctive to particular species, and are useful for identification.
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Hosts attack cuckoos more when they see neighbors mobbing cuckoos.
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The great spotted cuckoo's call is a loud "cher-cher-kri-kri" and variations.
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The calls of cuckoos herald the start of spring.
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More visible nests were more likely to be selected by the common cuckoos.
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They show a pattern of moult that differs from those of other parasitic cuckoos.
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