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Cuculiformes
Cuckoos

Cuculidae Cuculus
Common or African Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)


subspecies C. c. canorus (nominate subspecies)
age / gender 1st cy
finding location Dortmund
Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
finding circumstances window collision
finding date 14.09.2014
coll. J. Schlusen
created: 27.11.2014
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measurements

feathers

longest primary P8=188,5mm
big individual
77% of max range of variation
166,0mm
195,3mm
longest secondary S1=104,5mm
longest retrix R2=179,0mm
average individual
43% of max range of variation
167,5mm
194,0mm
primary/secondary difference 84mm
primaries-index 45%
all values


P1 110.5mm
P2 119.0mm
P3 128.5mm
P4 141.5mm
P5 156.0mm
P6 171.0mm
P7 184.0mm
P8 188.5mm
P9 174.0mm
P10 120.0mm
S1 104.5mm
S2 100.0mm
S3 93.0mm
S4 89.5mm
S5 87.0mm
S6 85.5mm
S7 83.5mm
S8 76.5mm
S9 58.0mm
R1 178.5mm
R2 179.0mm
R3 173.5mm
R4 162.5mm
R5 126.5mm