Violaceous Coucal Centropus violaceus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (19)
- Monotypic
Robert B. Payne
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 6, 2017
Text last updated October 6, 2017
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | cucal violaci |
| Czech | kukačka fialová |
| Dutch | Violette Spoorkoekoek |
| English | Violaceous Coucal |
| English (United States) | Violaceous Coucal |
| French | Coucal violet |
| French (France) | Coucal violet |
| German | Purpurkuckuck |
| Japanese | スミレバンケン |
| Norwegian | fiolettsporegjøk |
| Polish | kukal fioletowy |
| Russian | Фиолетовый кукаль |
| Serbian | Ljubičasti kukal |
| Slovak | ostrohár fialový |
| Spanish | Cucal Violáceo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cucal violáceo |
| Swedish | violett sporrgök |
| Turkish | Mor Kukal |
| Ukrainian | Коукал фіолетовий |
Centropus violaceus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
PROTONYM:
Centropus violaceus
Quoy & Gaimard, 1832. Voyage de découvertes de la corvette l'Astrolabe, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville (etc.). Zoologie. Vol. 1 1, p.229.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Carteret Harbor, New Ireland.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CENTROPUS
- violaceum / violaceus
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 Violaceous Coucal
