Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Afrikaanse Koekoek |
| Bulgarian | Африканска кукувица |
| Czech | kukačka africká |
| Danish | Afrikansk Gøg |
| Dutch | Afrikaanse Koekoek |
| English | African Cuckoo |
| English (United States) | African Cuckoo |
| French | Coucou africain |
| French (French Guiana) | Coucou africain |
| German | Afrikakuckuck |
| Greek | Αφρικανικός Κούκος |
| Japanese | アフリカカッコウ |
| Norwegian | afrikagjøk |
| Polish | kukułka sawannowa |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Cuco-africano |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Cuco-africano |
| Russian | Африканская кукушка |
| Serbian | Afrička kukavica |
| Slovak | kukučka akáciová |
| Spanish | Cuco Barbiblanco |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cuco barbiblanco |
| Swedish | afrikansk gök |
| Turkish | Afrika Guguğu |
| Ukrainian | Зозуля саванова |
Cuculus gularis Stephens, 1815
PROTONYM:
Cuculus gularis
Stephens, 1815. Gen.Zool.[Shaw] 9 pt1, p.83 pl.17.
TYPE LOCALITY:
No locality = Camdeboo, Cape Province, ex Levaillant.
Definitions
- CUCULUS
- gulare / gularis
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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)
SPECIES
African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis Scientific name definitions
Robert B. Payne and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
Authors
Robert B. Payne and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Payne, R. B. and G. M. Kirwan (2020). African Cuckoo (Cuculus gularis), 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.afrcuc1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- April 20, 2016
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
Authors
Robert B. Payne and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Payne, R. B. and G. M. Kirwan (2016). African Cuckoo (Cuculus gularis). 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.