Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Catalan | cucal capblau |
Czech | kukačka mniší |
Dutch | Monniksspoorkoekoek |
English | Blue-headed Coucal |
English (United States) | Blue-headed Coucal |
French | Coucal à nuque bleue |
French (France) | Coucal à nuque bleue |
German | Blaukopfkuckuck |
Japanese | ズアオバンケン |
Norwegian | blåhodesporegjøk |
Polish | kukal niebieskogłowy |
Portuguese (Angola) | Cucal-de-cabeça-azulada |
Russian | Синеголовый кукаль |
Serbian | Plavoglavi kukal |
Slovak | ostrohár mníšsky |
Spanish | Cucal Monje |
Spanish (Spain) | Cucal monje |
Swedish | blåhuvad sporrgök |
Turkish | Keşiş Kukalı |
Ukrainian | Коукал ефіопський |
Centropus monachus Rüppell, 1837
PROTONYM:
Centropus monachus
Rüppell, 1837. Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Vögel, p.57 pl.21 fig.2.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Kulla, northern Ethiopia.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CENTROPUS
- monachus
- Monachus
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Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus Scientific name definitions
Robert B. Payne
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 25, 2018
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 25, 2018
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
Authors
Robert B. Payne
Recommended Citation
Payne, R. B. (2020). Blue-headed Coucal (Centropus monachus), 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.blhcou2.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- July 25, 2018
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
Authors
Robert B. Payne
Recommended Citation
Payne, R. B. (2018). Blue-headed Coucal (Centropus monachus). 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.