Great Lizard-Cuckoo Coccyzus merlini Scientific name definitions
- Names (21)
- Subspecies (4)
Guy M. Kirwan, Robert B. Payne, Josep del Hoyo, Nigel Collar, and Andrew J. Spencer
Version: 2.0 — Published February 19, 2021
Revision Notes
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Catalan | cucut sargantaner de Cuba |
| Czech | kukačka kubánská |
| Dutch | Grote Hagediskoekoek |
| English | Great Lizard-Cuckoo |
| English (United States) | Great Lizard-Cuckoo |
| French | Tacco de Cuba |
| French (France) | Tacco de Cuba |
| German | Eidechsenkuckuck |
| Icelandic | Eðlugaukur |
| Japanese | オオトゲカッコウ |
| Norwegian | kubaøglegjøk |
| Polish | jaszczurkojad duży |
| Russian | Ящеричная пиайя |
| Serbian | Velika gušterojeda kukavica |
| Slovak | kukavka svetlozobá |
| Spanish | Cuco Lagartero Cubano |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Arriero |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cuco lagartero cubano |
| Swedish | kubaödlegök |
| Turkish | Büyük Kertenkele Guguğu |
| Ukrainian | Тако кубинський |
Revision Notes
In this revision, Andrew J. Spencer revised the Sounds and Vocal Behavior sections. Guy M. Kirwan reviewed/updated all sections with text.
Coccyzus merlini (d'Orbigny, 1839)
PROTONYM:
Saurothera merlini
d'Orbigny, 1839. Historia física, política y natural de la Isla de Cuba 3, p.115.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cuba.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- COCCYZUS
- merlini
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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)
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Distribution of the Great Lizard-Cuckoo
