African Cuckoo-Hawk Aviceda cuculoides Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (26)
- Subspecies (3)
Alan C. Kemp, Jeffrey S. Marks, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 1, 2014
Text last updated March 1, 2014
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Koekoekvalk |
| Catalan | baza africà |
| Czech | aviceda kukačkovitá |
| Dutch | Afrikaanse Koekoekswouw |
| English | African Cuckoo-Hawk |
| English (Kenya) | African Cuckoo Hawk |
| English (United States) | African Cuckoo-Hawk |
| Finnish | afrikantöyhtöhaukka |
| French | Baza coucou |
| French (France) | Baza coucou |
| German | Kuckucksweih |
| Icelandic | Gaukþjór |
| Japanese | アフリカカッコウハヤブサ |
| Norwegian | gjøkbaza |
| Polish | czubak afrykański |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Gavião-cuco |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Falcão-cuco |
| Russian | Африканская база |
| Serbian | Afrička baza |
| Slovak | kochláč kukučí |
| Spanish | Baza Africano |
| Spanish (Spain) | Baza africano |
| Swedish | afrikansk baza |
| Turkish | Afrika Bazası |
| Ukrainian | Шуляк африканський |
| Zulu | usomthende |
Aviceda cuculoides Swainson, 1837
PROTONYM:
Aviceda cuculoides
Swainson, 1837. The natural history of the birds of Western Africa 1, p.104 pl.1.
TYPE LOCALITY:
no locality. Type from Senegal.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- AVICEDA
- cuculoides
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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 African Cuckoo-Hawk
