common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), great spotted cuckoo (Clamator glandarius), yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus), European bee-eater (Merops apiaster), common hoopoe (Upupa epops) Description
Title: British birds
Year: 1915 (1910s)
Authors: Thorburn, Archibald, 1860-1935
Date 1915
Source https://www.flickr.com/photos/internetarchivebookimages/20228642028/
Source book page: https://archive.org/stream/britishbirds02thor/#page/n54/mode/1up
Author Archibald Thorburn, 1860-1935
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:British_birds_(1915)_(20228642028).jpg
The common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, Cuculiformes, which includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals.
The great spotted cuckoo (Clamator glandarius) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, which also includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals.
The yellow-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) is a cuckoo. Common folk-names for this bird in the southern United States are rain crow and storm crow. These likely refer to the bird's habit of calling on hot days, often presaging thunderstorms.
The European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family Meropidae.
The hoopoe or common hoopoe (Upupa epops) is a colourful bird found across Afro-Eurasia, notable for its distinctive "crown" of feathers. It is the only extant species in the family Upupidae.
