Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (35)
- Subspecies (6)
Robert B. Payne
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 29, 2018
Text last updated August 29, 2018
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Assamese | ডাবহী কুকুহা |
| Catalan | cucal gros |
| Chinese | 褐翅鴉鵑 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 褐翅鴉鵑 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 褐翅鸦鹃 |
| Czech | kukačka vraní |
| Dutch | Indische Spoorkoekoek |
| English | Greater Coucal |
| English (United States) | Greater Coucal |
| French | Grand Coucal |
| French (France) | Grand Coucal |
| German | Heckenkuckuck |
| Gujarati | ઘૂંકિયો |
| Hindi | भारद्वाज |
| Icelandic | Krákugaukur |
| Indonesian | Bubut besar |
| Japanese | オオバンケン |
| Kannada | ದೊಡ್ಡ ಕೆಂಬೂತ |
| Korean | 큰뻐꾸기사촌 |
| Malayalam | ഉപ്പൻ |
| Marathi | भारद्वाज |
| Norwegian | orientsporegjøk |
| Odia | କୁମ୍ଭାଟୁଆ |
| Polish | kukal zmienny |
| Punjabi (India) | ਕਮਾਦੀ ਕੁੱਕੜ |
| Russian | Большой кукаль |
| Serbian | Vranoliki kukal |
| Slovak | ostrohár krovinový |
| Spanish | Cucal Chino |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cucal chino |
| Swedish | större sporrgök |
| Telugu | జముడు కాకి |
| Thai | นกกระปูดใหญ่ |
| Turkish | Büyük Kukal |
| Ukrainian | Коукал рудокрилий |
Centropus sinensis (Stephens, 1815)
PROTONYM:
Polophilus sinensis
Stephens, 1815. General Zoology, or systematic natural history 9 pt1, p.51.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'Said to inhabit China' = Ning Po, China, by designation of Stresemann, antea, p. 321.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CENTROPUS
- sinense / sinensis
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
Originally Appeared in
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Greater Coucal
