Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Indiese Sperwerkoekoek |
| Bangla | পাপিয়া |
| Bangla (Bangladesh) | পাপিয়া |
| Bangla (India) | পাপিয়া |
| Bulgarian | Индийска ястребова кукувица |
| Catalan | cucut xikra |
| Chinese (SIM) | 普通鹰鹃 |
| Croatian | indijska kukavica |
| Czech | kukačka jestřábí |
| Dutch | Indische sperwerkoekoek |
| English | Common Hawk-Cuckoo |
| English (AVI) | Common Hawk-Cuckoo |
| English (United States) | Common Hawk-Cuckoo |
| Estonian | india haugaskägu |
| Finnish | haukkakäki |
| French | Coucou shikra |
| French (Canada) | Coucou shikra |
| German | Wechselkuckuck |
| Gujarati | બપૈયો |
| Hindi | पपीहा |
| Icelandic | Valgaukur |
| Japanese | ハイタカジュウイチ |
| Kannada | ಕೋಗಿಲೆಚಾಣ |
| Malayalam | പേക്കുയിൽ |
| Marathi | पावश्या |
| Nepali (Nepal) | गोलसिमल |
| Norwegian | shikragjøk |
| Odia | ଚଷାପୁଆ |
| Persian | کوکو-باز معمولی |
| Polish | kukułka rudopręga |
| Punjabi (India) | ਪਪੀਹਾ |
| Russian | Изменчивая кукушка |
| Serbian | Obična jastrebasta kukavica |
| Slovak | kukučka krahulčia |
| Spanish | Cuco Chikra |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cuco chikra |
| Swedish | indisk hökgök |
| Tamil (India) | அக்காக்குயில் |
| Telugu | కత్తి పిట్ట |
| Thai | นกคัคคูเหยี่ยวพันธุ์อินเดีย |
| Turkish | Hint Atmaca Guguğu |
| Ukrainian | Зозуля білогорла |
Hierococcyx varius (Vahl, 1797)
PROTONYM:
Cuculus varius
Vahl, 1797. Skrivter af Naturhistorie-Selskabet 4 Heft1, p.61.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Tranquebar.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- HIEROCOCCYX
- varius
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)
Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius Scientific name definitions
Robert B. Payne
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1997
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated January 1, 1997
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Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
Authors
Robert B. Payne
Recommended Citation
Payne, R. B. (2020). Common Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx varius), 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.cohcuc1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- January 1, 1997
- Common Hawk-cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
Authors
Robert B. Payne
Recommended Citation
Payne, R. B. (1997). Common Hawk-cuckoo (Hierococcyx varius). 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.
