Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Kleinkoekoek |
| Chinese | 小杜鵑 |
| Chinese (SIM) | 小杜鹃 |
| Danish | Lille Gøg |
| Dutch | Kleine Koekoek |
| English (Kenya) | Lesser Cuckoo |
| English (United States) | Lesser Cuckoo |
| French | Petit Coucou |
| German | Gackelkuckuck |
| Japanese | ホトトギス |
| Korean | 두견이 |
| Malayalam | ചിന്നക്കുയിൽ |
| Mongolian | Хурган хөхөө |
| Norwegian | smågjøk |
| Polish | kukułka mała |
| Russian | Малая кукушка |
| Serbian | Mala kukavica |
| Slovak | kukučka malá |
| Spanish | Cuco Chico |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cuco chico |
| Swedish | smågök |
| Thai | นกคัคคูเล็ก |
| Turkish | Küçük Guguk |
Cuculus poliocephalus Latham, 1790
PROTONYM:
Cuculus poliocephalus
Latham, 1790. IndexOrn. 1, p.214.
TYPE LOCALITY:
India.
Definitions
- CUCULUS
- POLIOCEPHALUS
- poliocephalus
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UPPERCASE: current genus
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● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
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‡: extinct
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Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
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SPECIES
Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus Scientific name definitions
Robert B. Payne, Eduardo de Juana, and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 13, 2017
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated July 13, 2017
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
Authors
Robert B. Payne, Eduardo de Juana, and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Payne, R. B., E. de Juana, and G. M. Kirwan (2020). Lesser Cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus), 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.lescuc1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- July 13, 2017
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
Authors
Robert B. Payne, Eduardo de Juana, and Guy M. Kirwan
Revisors
Eduardo de Juana and Guy M. Kirwan
Recommended Citation
Payne, R. B., E. de Juana, and G. M. Kirwan (2017). Lesser Cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus). 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.