| Cuculus | |
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| Male common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) held in the hand. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Genus: | Cuculus Linnaeus, 1758 |
| Type species | |
| Cuculus canorus (common cuckoo) Linnaeus, 1758
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| Species | |
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11, see text | |
Cuculus is a genus of cuckoos which has representatives in most of the Old World, although the greatest diversity is in tropical southern and southeastern Asia.