Cuculus canorus

Data Deficient

Contributed: Avner Rinot, Asaf Mayrose, Yoav Perlman, Lior Kislev, Yosef Kiat, Tuvia Kahn, Ezra Hadad, Yuvak Dax, Noam Weiss

Update Time: Aug. 21, 2023, 4:32 p.m.

The Common Cuckoo is classified as Data Deficient (DD) as there is insufficient information to assess the status of the species in Israel. In the previous edition of the Red Book (2002), it was classified as Near Threatened (NT). The species is currently a relatively common passage migrant and in the spring months, singing males can be heard in extensive areas of the country. Nevertheless, no verified breeding observations (nestlings being fed by the host species) have been recorded during the past decade, so that the number of reproducing individuals out of all the singing individuals is not known.

DD Current Regional Assessment | NT Previous Regional Assessment | LC Global Assessment

Habitats	Rocky Terrain, Semi-desert Batha, Mountainous Forest
Presence In Israel	Migrant, Summer
Breeding In Israel	Breeder
Migration Types	Long Range
Zoographical Zones	Mediterranean, Irano-Turanian
Landscape Types	Mountainous, Cliffs
Vegetation Types	Mediterranean Maquis, Mediterranean Garrigue, Steppe
Vegetation Densities	Low
Diet Types	Invertebrate
Foraging Grounds	Ground, Trees and Shrubs
Body Sizes	Small (up to 500g)
Threat Factors	Wildfires, Habitat loss and fragmentation, Unknown, Tree planting

פז, ע. 1986. עופות. מתוך אלון, ע. (עורך), החי והצומח של ארץ ישראל. כרך 6. הוצאת משרד הביטחון, ישראל.

Shirihai, H., 1996. The Birds of Israel. Academic Press, London.
Symes, A. 2013. Species generation lengths. Unpublished, BirdLife International.
Species page at Birdlife International

Contributed: Avner Rinot, Asaf Mayrose, Yoav Perlman, Lior Kislev, Yosef Kiat, Tuvia Kahn, Ezra Hadad, Yuvak Dax, Noam Weiss

Current Occupancy Map

Current occupancy map by density
Data Missing	Sporadic	Limited Sites	Low Density	High Density
0	0	0	0	0

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Distribution maps

The maps presented here provide visual information on the distribution of species in Israel from the past and present, and the changes in occupancy and breeding density during the comparison period. For further reading

Relative Abundance 2010-2020

Breeding density values in the current decade as determined from experts' opinion and observations from databases.

Relative Abundance 2010-2020 by density
Data Missing	Sporadic	Limited Sites	Low Density	High Density
8	12	12	21	19

Relative Abundance 1980-1990

Density values based primarily on the book The Birds of Israel (Shirihai 1996).

Relative Abundance 1980-1990 by density
Data Missing	Sporadic	Limited Sites	Low Density	High Density
5	14	14	17	22

Occupancy 1990-2020

The map shows differences in the species breeding distribution between the 1980's breeding map and the current weighted breeding evaluation. Negative value - species previously bred in the grid and is not presently breeding; positive value - species has not previously bred in the grid and is currently breeding.

Occupancy 1990-2020
Data Missing	No Change	Occupancy Increase	Occupancy Decrease
6	35	1	9

Change in Relative Abundance 1990-2020

The map shows the changes in the relative abundance of a species in each of the distribution grids between the breeding map of the 1980s and the weighted current breeding evaluation. Negative values - decline in abundance; positive values - increase in abundance; zero - no change in abundance.

Change in Relative Abundance 1990-2020
80 to 100	50	20 to 30	No Change	30- to 20-	50-	100- to 80-	Data Missing
0	4	2	22	12	14	11	16

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