Great Spotted Cuckoo

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Oxylophus glandarius, Linn.

Artist

Name:: Keulemans, John Gerrard
Dates:: 1842-1912
Country:: Netherlands

Illustration

Subject:: Animals
Technique:: Lithograph
Lithographer:: Keulemans, John Gerrard
Format:: Portrait (taller)
Source:: Biodiversity Heritage Library, the Internet Archive

Book

Title:: Coloured figures of the birds of the British islands, vol. 2
Author:: Powys, Thomas 4th Baron Lilford (issued by)
Publisher:: London: R. H. Porter, 1885-1897
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Description:

The great spotted cuckoo (Clamator glandarius) can be found throughout Southern Europe and Africa, where it lives in woodland or savanna. It is a parasitic species, which lays its eggs in the nest of other birds, such as pied crows. Great spotted cuckoos feed on insects.

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