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Cuckoo

Cuckoos are birds in the family Cuculidae, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes. The cuckoo family includes the common cuckoo, roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals, and anis. The coucals and anis are sometimes separated as distinct families, the Centropodidae and Crotophagidae, respectively.[citation needed] The cuckoo order Cuculiformes is…

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Cuckoo

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Triples136
Avg. degree1.99
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Cuckoo

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related to Distribution and habitat · 29
Cuckoo → Africa, Amongst, Antarctica, Asia, Asian, Atlantic, Australia, Canada, Cuckoos, Europe, Florida, In, Indian Oceans, Madagascar, Middle East, New World, North, North Africa, North America, Oceania
related to In culture · 16
Cuckoo → Additionally, Bon, Cuckoos, Finnish, Hera, In England, In Greek, In India, Japan, Kalevala, Kamadeva, Love's Labours Lost, Three, Tibet, William Shakespeare, Zeus
related to Migration · 15
Cuckoo → Africa, Caribbean Sea, Europe, India, Mediterranean Sea, Melanesia, Micronesia, Most, New Zealand, North America, Other, Polynesia, Sahara Desert, Species, The
related to Breeding · 9
Cuckoo → African, Eggs, Females, Incubation, Most, Polyandry, The, This, Within
related to Calls · 9
Cuckoo → Although, Cuckoos, English, In, Several, The, These, This, Within
related to Description · 9
Cuckoo → Cuckoos, Generally, Halmahera, Indo-Pacific, Indochina, Madagascar, One, The, Timor
related to Diet and feeding · 9
Cuckoo → Both, Caribbean, Coquerel's, Ground, Larger, Madagascar, Most, The, They
related to Phylogeny and evolution · 8
Cuckoo → British Museum, Cuculidae, Dynamopterus, English, Oligocene, The, Very, William Elford Leach
related to Taxonomy and systematics · 8
Cuckoo → Cuculidae, For, List, Madagascar, Nannococcyx, Saint Helena, The, These
related to Behaviour and ecology · 3
Cuckoo → Americas, For, The

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cuckoos species eggs host anis family egg nests parasitic birds brood hosts breeding coucals ground world calls also common one

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the goliath coucal of Halmaherainstance ofand various large Indo-Pacific coucals0.80text
Timor coucalinstance ofand various large Indo-Pacific coucals0.80text
buff-headed coucalinstance ofand various large Indo-Pacific coucals0.80text
ivory-billed coucalinstance ofand various large Indo-Pacific coucals0.80text
violaceous coucalinstance ofand various large Indo-Pacific coucals0.80text
and larger forms of the pheasant coucal.The channel-billed cuckooinstance ofand various large Indo-Pacific coucals0.80text
at 630 ginstance ofand various large Indo-Pacific coucals0.80text
the black-billed cuckoo possessing longinstance ofwith the more migratory species0.80text
narrow wings capable of stronginstance ofwith the more migratory species0.80text
direct flightinstance ofwith the more migratory species0.80text
and the more terrestrialinstance ofwith the more migratory species0.80text
sedentary cuckoos such as the coucalsinstance ofwith the more migratory species0.80text

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