This is something that puzzles me each year. Common cuckoos can be heard in the Troodos area of Cyprus between April and June, and there were at least two pairs in our fieldsite this year. We heard them daily and saw them regularly, with their tight turns through the forest and various calls, from the classic ‘cuckoo’ call that the male makes to the more sinister ‘chuckle’ that the female makes when she lays an egg in a host’s nest. They are not confirmed as breeding in Cyprus, but probably do.
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Ecology
Rob Patchett 