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The Common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) is a bird found in Sweden, Netherlands, France, Denmark, United Kingdom, Germany, and 4 more countries. Woods, fields and wetlands across Europe and Asia. It eats insects and other small invertebrates and fruit. The IUCN Red List lists it as Least Concern.

🏡 Where the Common cuckoo lives

Woods, fields and wetlands across Europe and Asia.

🍽️ What it eats

• 🐛 Insects & bugs90%
• 🍎 Fruit10%

A rough guide to its diet over a year. Source: EltonTraits (Wilman et al. 2014).

Conservation status

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Recorded by Hsishu (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), xeno-canto XC1105348. Trimmed to a few seconds.

Questions about the Common cuckoo

Where does the Common cuckoo live?

The Common cuckoo lives in Sweden, Netherlands, France, Denmark, United Kingdom, Germany, and 4 more countries. Woods, fields and wetlands across Europe and Asia.

What does the Common cuckoo eat?

insects and other small invertebrates (about 90%), fruit (about 10%). These are rough shares of its diet over a year, from the EltonTraits database.

Is the Common cuckoo endangered?

There are plenty of these birds. Its IUCN Red List category is Least Concern.

More birds from Europe

• Tree pipit
• Cetti's warbler
• Yellow-legged gull
• Crested lark
• Marsh tit
• Red-breasted merganser

Sources: IUCN Red List (via Wikidata), EltonTraits 1.0 (Wilman et al. 2014), GBIF sightings for countries, Wikipedia. Last updated 2026-10-19.