Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Assamese | ডাবহী কুকুহা |
| Catalan | cucal gros |
| Chinese | 褐翅鴉鵑 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 褐翅鸦鹃 |
| Czech | kukačka vraní |
| Dutch | Chinese Spoorkoekoek |
| English | Greater Coucal |
| English (United States) | Greater Coucal |
| French | Grand Coucal |
| French (France) | Grand Coucal |
| German | Heckenkuckuck |
| Gujarati | ઘૂંકિયો |
| Hindi | भारद्वाज |
| Icelandic | Krákugaukur |
| Indonesian | Bubut besar |
| Japanese | オオバンケン |
| Kannada | ದೊಡ್ಡ ಕೆಂಬೂತ |
| Korean | 큰뻐꾸기사촌 |
| Malayalam | ഉപ്പൻ |
| Marathi | भारद्वाज |
| Norwegian | orientsporegjøk |
| Odia | କୁମ୍ଭାଟୁଆ |
| Polish | kukal zmienny |
| Punjabi (India) | ਕਮਾਦੀ ਕੁੱਕੜ |
| Russian | Большой кукаль |
| Serbian | Vranoliki kukal |
| Slovak | ostrohár krovinový |
| Spanish | Cucal Chino |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cucal chino |
| Swedish | större sporrgök |
| Telugu | జముడు కాకి |
| Thai | นกกระปูดใหญ่ |
| Turkish | Büyük Kukal |
| Ukrainian | Коукал рудокрилий |
Centropus sinensis (Stephens, 1815)
PROTONYM:
Polophilus sinensis
Stephens, 1815. General Zoology, or systematic natural history 9 pt1, p.51.
TYPE LOCALITY:
'Said to inhabit China' = Ning Po, China, by designation of Stresemann, antea, p. 321.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CENTROPUS
- sinense / sinensis
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)
Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis Scientific name definitions
Robert B. Payne
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 29, 2018
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated August 29, 2018
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
Authors
Robert B. Payne
Recommended Citation
Payne, R. B. (2020). Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis), 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.grecou1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- August 29, 2018
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
Authors
Robert B. Payne
Recommended Citation
Payne, R. B. (2018). Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis). 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.
