What Does A Cuckoo Bird Sound Like. But today i’m going to give you the real scoop on the real cuckoo bird. The common cuckoo (cuculus canorus) (formerly european cuckoo) is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, cuculiformes, which includes the roadrunners, the.

Females lay their eggs in the nests of smaller birds, and their hapless ‘hosts’ raise only young cuckoos. Calls can last up to about 8 seconds.