Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (40)
- Monotypic
Robert B. Payne and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 16, 2015
Text last updated March 16, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Arabic | وقواق مشرقي |
| Azerbaijani | Şərq ququsu |
| Bulgarian | Източна кукувица |
| Catalan | cucut oriental |
| Chinese | 北方中杜鵑 |
| Chinese (Hong Kong SAR China) | 東方中杜鵑 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 北方中杜鹃 |
| Croatian | azijska kukavica (sp. optatus) |
| Czech | kukačka eurasijská |
| Danish | Orientgøg |
| Dutch | Boskoekoek |
| English | Oriental Cuckoo |
| English (United States) | Oriental Cuckoo |
| French | Coucou oriental |
| French (France) | Coucou oriental |
| German | Hopfkuckuck |
| Greek | Ελατόκουκος |
| Hebrew | קוקיה מזרחית |
| Hungarian | Keleti kakukk |
| Icelandic | Skógagaukur |
| Indonesian | Kangkok oriental |
| Japanese | ツツドリ |
| Korean | 벙어리뻐꾸기 |
| Lithuanian | Azijinė gegutė |
| Mongolian | Ханамал хөхөө |
| Norwegian | taigagjøk |
| Persian | کوکوی شرقی |
| Polish | kukułka syberyjska |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Cuco-oriental |
| Romanian | Cuc siberian |
| Russian | Глухая кукушка |
| Serbian | Istočnoazijska kukavica |
| Slovak | kukučka východná |
| Slovenian | Ruska kukavica |
| Spanish | Cuco Oriental |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cuco oriental |
| Swedish | tajgagök |
| Thai | นกคัคคูตะวันออก |
| Turkish | Horsfield Guguğu |
| Ukrainian | Зозуля сибірська |
Cuculus optatus Gould, 1845
PROTONYM:
Cuculus optatus
Gould, 1845. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London Part 1, 3 no.145, p.18.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Port Essington, Northern Territory.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CUCULUS
- optata / optatus
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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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