Dideric Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (39)
- Monotypic
Robert B. Payne and Arnau Bonan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 4, 2013
Text last updated July 4, 2013
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Diederikkie |
| Arabic | وقواق ديدريك |
| Bulgarian | Златиста кукувица |
| Catalan | cucut maragda pitblanc |
| Croatian | zelenoleđa kukavica |
| Czech | kukačka lesklá |
| Danish | Guldgøg |
| Dutch | Diederikkoekoek |
| English | Dideric Cuckoo |
| English (AVI) | Diederik Cuckoo |
| English (Kenya) | Diederik Cuckoo |
| English (United States) | Dideric Cuckoo |
| Estonian | valgerind-rohekägu |
| Finnish | kuparikäki |
| French | Coucou didric |
| French (Canada) | Coucou didric |
| German | Goldkuckuck |
| Greek | Μεγάλος Χρυσόκουκος |
| Hebrew | קוקיה ירוקה |
| Hungarian | Rezes fénykakukk |
| Icelandic | Gullgaukur |
| Japanese | ブロンズミドリカッコウ |
| Latvian | Dīderikdzeguze |
| Lithuanian | Paprastoji bronzinė gegutė |
| Norwegian | diderikgjøk |
| Polish | kukułeczka pstra |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Cuco-bronzeado-maior |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Cuco-bronzeado-grande |
| Romanian | Cuc cu spate verde |
| Russian | Пегая кукушка |
| Serbian | Kukavica didrik |
| Slovak | kukučka zlatá |
| Slovenian | Beloprsa mala kukavica |
| Spanish | Cuclillo Didric |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cuclillo didric |
| Swedish | didrikglansgök |
| Turkish | Sürmeli Zümrüt Guguğu |
| Ukrainian | Дідрик білощокий |
| Zulu | unonengekhanda |
Chrysococcyx caprius (Boddaert, 1783)
PROTONYM:
Cuculus caprius
Boddaert, 1783. TablePlanchesEnlum., p.40.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cape of Good Hope, ex Daubenton, PI. enlum., no. 657.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- CHRYSOCOCCYX
- caprius
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)
Originally Appeared in
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Subspecies
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Dideric Cuckoo
