... trend shows Cuckoo abundance to have been in decline since the early 1980s. The species was moved in 2002 from the green to the amber list, and in the 2009 review met red-list criteria. [ 1. ]
Cuculus canorus
TITLE: Cuculus canorus. Cuckoo.
NAMES: Gould, John (1804-1881) (Author)
COLLECTION: birds of Great Britain
DATES / ORIGIN:
Date Issued: 1862 - 1873
Place: London
Publisher: J. Gould
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: Lithographs Hand-coloured Extent: 54 x 36 cm
Cuckoos
Gilded mercury daguerreotype on solid silver plate
Actual size: 5 x 4 inches (approx. 127 mm x 102 mm x 0.5mm)
Hallmarked: London, 2021
Made: December, 2021
Edition: 1/1
References
- BirdTrends 2020: trends in numbers, breeding success and survival for UK breeding birds
Woodward, I.D., Massimino, D., Hammond, M.J., Barber, L., Barimore, C., Harris, S.J., Leech, D.I., Noble, D.G., Walker, R.H., Baillie, S.R. & Robinson, R.A. (2020)
Research Report 732. BTO, Thetford.
www.bto.org/birdtrends - Wild Bird Populations in the UK
Department for Environment Food And Rural Affairs
National Statistics
7 November, 2023 - Birds of Conservation Concern 5 - Summary leaflet (PDF 649 KB)
Author(s): Stanbury, A.J., Eaton, M.A., Aebischer, N.J., Balmer, D., Brown, A.F., Douse, A., Lindley, P., McCulloch, N., Noble, D.G. & Win, I.
December 2021