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Great Spotted Cuckoo

Clamator glandarius

218Records since 2000
MayPeak month
8Counties with records
Least ConcernIUCN Red List

When it is recorded

Jan1
Feb1
Mar27
Apr56
May73
Jun14
Jul26
Aug20
Sep0
Oct0
Nov0
Dec0

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

Where it is recorded

#CountyNationRecordsShare
1Norfolk England60
2Dorset England52
3East Riding of Yorkshire England18
4Pembrokeshire Wales16
5Cornwall England7
6Isle of Wight England7
7Devon England5
8Suffolk England2
199 England19 Wales

Records per county (GADM level 2) and per nation; one record can count towards several areas. 8 counties in all.

About this species

Records since 2000
218
Peak month
May
Counties with records
8
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
Scientific name
Clamator glandarius
Group
Birds
Most recorded in
Norfolk, Dorset
Conservation designations
Bern Convention
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Aves
Order
Cuculiformes
Family
Cuculidae
Genus
Clamator
Name with authority
Clamator glandarius (Linnaeus, 1758)
Described
1758

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q665363 · GBIF 2496464