Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (53)
- Subspecies (4)
Robert B. Payne, David Christie, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 20, 2016
Text last updated April 20, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Europese Koekoek |
| Albanian | Qyqja |
| Arabic | وقواق شائع |
| Armenian | Սովորական կկու |
| Asturian | Cuquiellu comñn |
| Azerbaijani | Adi ququ |
| Basque | Kukua |
| Bulgarian | Обикновена кукувица |
| Catalan | cucut comú |
| Chinese | 大杜鵑 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 大杜鵑 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 大杜鹃 |
| Croatian | kukavica |
| Czech | kukačka obecná |
| Danish | Gøg |
| Dutch | Koekoek |
| English | Common Cuckoo |
| English (United States) | Common Cuckoo |
| Faroese | Geykur |
| Finnish | käki |
| French | Coucou gris |
| French (France) | Coucou gris |
| Galician | Cuco común |
| German | Kuckuck |
| Greek | (Ευρωπαϊκός) Κούκος |
| Hebrew | קוקיה אירופית |
| Hungarian | Kakukk |
| Icelandic | Gaukur |
| Indonesian | Kangkok erasia |
| Italian | Cuculo |
| Japanese | カッコウ |
| Korean | 뻐꾸기 |
| Latvian | Dzeguze |
| Lithuanian | Paprastoji gegutė |
| Malayalam | കുക്കൂ കുയിൽ |
| Mongolian | Эгэл хөхөө |
| Norwegian | gjøk |
| Persian | کوکوی معمولی |
| Polish | kukułka |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Cuco-canoro |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Cuco-canoro |
| Romanian | Cuc |
| Russian | Кукушка |
| Serbian | Obična kukavica |
| Slovak | kukučka obyčajná |
| Slovenian | Kukavica |
| Spanish | Cuco Común |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cuco común |
| Swedish | gök |
| Thai | นกคัคคูพันธุ์ยุโรป |
| Turkish | Guguk |
| Ukrainian | Зозуля звичайна |
| Zulu | unokhukhuza |
Cuculus canorus Linnaeus, 1758
PROTONYM:
Cuculus canorus
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.110.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe = Sweden, ex Fn. Suec.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CUCULUS
- canorum / canorus
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 Common Cuckoo
