Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Europese Koekoek |
| Albanian | Qyqja |
| Arabic | وقواق شائع |
| Armenian | Սովորական կկու |
| Asturian | Cuquiellu comñn |
| Azerbaijani | Adi ququ |
| Basque | Kukua |
| Bulgarian | Обикновена кукувица |
| Catalan | cucut comú |
| Chinese | 大杜鵑 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 大杜鹃 |
| Croatian | kukavica |
| Czech | kukačka obecná |
| Danish | Gøg |
| Dutch | Koekoek |
| English | Common Cuckoo |
| English (United States) | Common Cuckoo |
| Faroese | Geykur |
| Finnish | käki |
| French | Coucou gris |
| French (France) | Coucou gris |
| Galician | Cuco común |
| German | Kuckuck |
| Greek | (Ευρωπαϊκός) Κούκος |
| Hebrew | קוקיה אירופית |
| Hungarian | Kakukk |
| Icelandic | Gaukur |
| Indonesian | Kangkok erasia |
| Italian | Cuculo |
| Japanese | カッコウ |
| Korean | 뻐꾸기 |
| Latvian | Dzeguze |
| Lithuanian | Paprastoji gegutė |
| Malayalam | കുക്കൂ കുയിൽ |
| Mongolian | Эгэл хөхөө |
| Norwegian | gjøk |
| Persian | کوکوی معمولی |
| Polish | kukułka |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Cuco-canoro |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Cuco-canoro |
| Romanian | Cuc |
| Russian | Кукушка |
| Serbian | Obična kukavica |
| Slovak | kukučka obyčajná |
| Slovenian | Kukavica |
| Spanish | Cuco Común |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cuco común |
| Swedish | gök |
| Thai | นกคัคคูพันธุ์ยุโรป |
| Turkish | Guguk |
| Ukrainian | Зозуля звичайна |
Cuculus canorus Linnaeus, 1758
PROTONYM:
Cuculus canorus
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.110.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Europe = Sweden, ex Fn. Suec.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CUCULUS
- canorum / canorus
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)
Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus Scientific name definitions
Robert B. Payne, David Christie, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 20, 2016
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 20, 2016
Originally Appeared in
Revision History
Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
Authors
Robert B. Payne, David Christie, and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Payne, R. B., D. A. Christie, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus), 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.comcuc.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- April 20, 2016
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
Authors
Robert B. Payne, David Christie, and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
David Christie and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Payne, R. B., D. A. Christie, and G. M. Kirwan (2016). Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus). 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.
