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The common cuckoo (''Cuculus canorus'') (formerly European cuckoo) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, ''Cuculiformes'', which includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals. This species is a widespread summer 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 dunnocks, meadow pipits, and Eurasian reed warblers. ==Taxonomy== The common cuckoo (formerly European cuckoo) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the ''Cuculiformes'', which also includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals.〔 The species' binomial name is derived from the Latin ''cuculus'' (the cuckoo) and ''canorus'' (melodious; from ''canere'', meaning to sing).〔 〕 The cuckoo family gets its common name and genus name by onomatopoeia for the call of the male common cuckoo.〔 〕 The English word "cuckoo" comes from the Old French ''cucu'' and it first appears about 1240〔 〕 in the poem ''Sumer Is Icumen In'' - "Summer has come in / Loudly sing, Cuckoo!" in modern English. There are four subspecies worldwide:〔 〕 * ''C. c. canorus'', the nominate subspecies, was first described by Linnaeus in 1758. It occurs from the British Isles through Scandinavia, north Russia and Siberia to Japan in the east, and from the Pyrenees through Turkey, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, northern China and Korea. It winters in Africa and south Asia. * ''C. c. bakeri'', first described by Hartert in 1912, breeds in western China to the Himalayan foothills in northern India, Nepal, Myanmar, north-west Thailand and southern China. During winter it is found in Assam, East Bengal and south-east Asia. * ''C. c. bangsi'' was first described by Oberholser in 1919 and breeds in Iberia, the Balearic Islands and north Africa, spending winter in Africa. * ''C. c. subtelephonus'', first described by Zarudny in 1914, breeds in central Asia from Turkestan to southern Mongolia. It migrates to southern Asia and Africa for winter. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Common cuckoo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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