Talk:Cuckoo

message: For anyone who wants them: Pallid Cuckoo pictures:
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These are an appropriate size for taxoboxes, if you want larger versions, sing out. Tannin
Also, a Fan-tailed Cuckoo.
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Tannin 11:30, 18 Sep 2003 (UTC)
replies: text: It's definitely not. Oriental Cuckoo, Great Spotted Cuckoo and others are nest parasites, but I don't have a defititive list. Other birds, apart from cuckoos, also do this (like the cowbirds). jimfbleak 05:25, 2 May 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Pictures

message: You guys may be interested to know that the introduction to this article appeared in big letters on a poster at Microsoft Research's annual company-internal expo event, TechFest. It was in reference to a paper about cuckoo hashing, an algorithm called such after the cuckoo's eviction of other birds. Deco 18:51, 2 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Citation 

message: He's probably been the subject of more poems, odes, songs, and rhymes than any other bird in European culture at least.
:It has indeed, and I'll be sure to add something about that during my expansion. Sabine's Sunbird  talk 23:31, 26 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cuckoo in Culture? 

message: "...and most other American cuckoos, build their own nests, although a large minority engage in brood parasitism..."
I don't have a vast knowledge of English, but that seems like a mistake to me.  Can anybody confirm this or correct me?  --Wes (talk) 22:11, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It means "More don't parasatise  than do, but there is a seizable number do. If 60% don't and 40% do, then a sizeable minority do. If 95% don't and 5% do, a small minority do. Sabine's Sunbird  talk 23:03, 19 August 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Yeah after a little more thought it makes perfect sense.  Still sounds a bit off at first read, but like I said, I'm not the best at English reading/speaking. :)  Thanks. --Wes (talk) 14:10, 20 August 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mistake or not? 

message: Adding this here for reference of knowledgeable editors for inclusion in article if appropriate."no one had any idea where British cuckoos spend their winter." Apparently in "– the Congo river basin."
:MICHAEL MCCARTHY http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/nature/extraordinary-rendezvous-of-the-migrating-cuckoos-6281525.html "Extraordinary rendezvous of the migrating cuckoos" 26 DECEMBER 2011, The Independent. Retrieved 29 DECEMBER 2011
--220 of Borg 04:56, 29 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  British Cuckoo Migration to Africa 

message: I just stumbled on the "Cuckoo Bumblebee" (Psithyrus) and wondered how one might find other animals displaying this specific kind of parasitism. Since at least that particular bumblebee would be named after the cuckoo, and the cuckoo generally makes a good metaphor for everyday life (e.g., Cuckolding), I think that this page should be a good entry point to find those animals.
Cheers! 82.131.18.75 (talk) 14:14, 24 July 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  Other "cuckooing" animals 

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