Imminent expansion of the breeding range of the Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) from Asia to North America has been predicted by Dinets et al. (2015) and Ogden (2016), who pointed to the number of recent records of the species in Alaska as a response to continuing climate change. Their having postulated an “invasion” (Dinets et al. 2015:248) from the Russian Far East via the Bering Strait and their having referred without details to “a courting pair … in Alaska” (ibid.:245) have prompted the preparation of this note.