Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Mooimeisie |
| Catalan | cucut maragda ventregroc |
| Czech | kukačka žlutobřichá |
| Dutch | Smaragdkoekoek |
| English | African Emerald Cuckoo |
| English (United States) | African Emerald Cuckoo |
| French | Coucou foliotocol |
| French (France) | Coucou foliotocol |
| German | Smaragdkuckuck |
| Icelandic | Smaragðsgaukur |
| Japanese | ミドリカッコウ |
| Norwegian | smaragdgjøk |
| Polish | kukułeczka złocista |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Cuco-esmeraldino |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Cuco-esmeraldino |
| Russian | Желтобрюхая кукушка |
| Serbian | Afrička smaragdna kukavica |
| Slovak | kukučka zelená |
| Spanish | Cuclillo Esmeralda Africano |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cuclillo esmeralda africano |
| Swedish | afrikansk smaragdgök |
| Turkish | Afrika Zümrüt Guguğu |
| Ukrainian | Дідрик жовтогрудий |
Chrysococcyx cupreus (Shaw, 1792)
PROTONYM:
Cuculus cupreus
Shaw, 1792. Mus.Lever. 1, p.157.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'Most probably an African bird' = Africa, restricted to Gambia by Grant antea, p. 419.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CHRYSOCOCCYX
- cupreus
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)
African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus Scientific name definitions
Robert B. Payne
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 26, 2014
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated March 26, 2014
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
Authors
Robert B. Payne
Recommended Citation
Payne, R. B. (2020). African Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus), version 1.0. In Birds of the World (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Ithaca, NY, USA. https://doi.org/10.2173/bow.afecuc1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- March 26, 2014
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
Authors
Robert B. Payne
Recommended Citation
Payne, R. B. (2014). African Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus). In Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (J. del Hoyo, A. Elliott, J. Sargatal, D. A. Christie, and E. de Juana, Editors). Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
