Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (24)
- Monotypic
Robert B. Payne, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.1 — Published October 22, 2021
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Afrikaans | Piet-my-vrou |
Catalan | cucut pit-roig |
Czech | kukačka skořicovoprsá |
Dutch | Heremietkoekoek |
English | Red-chested Cuckoo |
English (United States) | Red-chested Cuckoo |
French | Coucou solitaire |
French (France) | Coucou solitaire |
German | Einsiedlerkuckuck |
Icelandic | Logagaukur |
Japanese | チャムネカッコウ |
Norwegian | rødbrystgjøk |
Polish | kukułka rdzawopierśna |
Portuguese (Angola) | Cuco-de-peito-vermelho |
Portuguese (Portugal) | Cuco-solitário |
Russian | Красногрудая кукушка |
Serbian | Crvenogruda kukavica |
Slovak | kukučka hrdzavoprsá |
Spanish | Cuco Solitario |
Spanish (Spain) | Cuco solitario |
Swedish | rödbröstad gök |
Turkish | Al Göğüslü Guguk |
Ukrainian | Зозуля червоновола |
Zulu | uphezukomkhono |
Revision Notes
Peter F. D. Boesman contributed to the Sounds and Vocal Behavior page.
Cuculus solitarius Stephens, 1815
PROTONYM:
Cuculus solitarius
Stephens, 1815. General Zoology, or systematic natural history 9 pt1, p.84 pl.18.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Caffraria and Madagascar = eastern Cape Province, ex Levaillant.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CUCULUS
- solitaria / solitaris / solitarius
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