Cuckoo clock
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A cuckoo clock is a type of clock, typically pendulum driven, that strikes the hours with a sound like a common cuckoo call and has an automated cuckoo bird that moves with each note. Some move their
One of two gedackt Cuckoo pipes
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Early cuckoo clock with exposed wooden movement and shield decorated with a glued, painted paper, Johannes Wildi, Eisenbach, c. 1780 (Deutsches Uhrenmuseum, Inv. 2008–024)
Lacquered shield cuckoo clock depicting Triberg's marketplace at its top, Karl Kern, Schönwald, c. 1860 (Deutsches Uhrenmuseum, Inv. 2019–012)
Common cuckoo
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The cuckoo, common cuckoo, European cuckoo or Eurasian cuckoo is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, Cuculiformes, which includes the roadrunners, the anis and the coucals.
Cuckoo clock
…A cuckoo clock is a type of clock, typically pendulum driven, that strikes the hours with a sound like a common cuckoo call and has an automated cuckoo bird that moves with each note. Some move their wings and open and close their beaks while leaning forwards, whereas…
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Common cuckoo in flight
A Eurasian cuckoo (C. c. bakeri) from Pangolakha Wildlife Sanctuary in East Sikkim, India.
Cuckoo adult (top) mimics sparrowhawk, giving females time to lay eggs parasitically