Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (23)
- Monotypic
Robert B. Payne and Guy M. Kirwan
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated April 20, 2016
Text last updated April 20, 2016
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Piet-my-vrou |
| Catalan | cucut pit-roig |
| Czech | kukačka skořicovoprsá |
| Dutch | Heremietkoekoek |
| English | Red-chested Cuckoo |
| English (United States) | Red-chested Cuckoo |
| French | Coucou solitaire |
| French (France) | Coucou solitaire |
| German | Einsiedlerkuckuck |
| Icelandic | Logagaukur |
| Japanese | チャムネカッコウ |
| Norwegian | rødbrystgjøk |
| Polish | kukułka rdzawopierśna |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Cuco-de-peito-vermelho |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Cuco-solitário |
| Russian | Красногрудая кукушка |
| Serbian | Crvenogruda kukavica |
| Slovak | kukučka hrdzavoprsá |
| Spanish | Cuco Solitario |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cuco solitario |
| Swedish | rödbröstad gök |
| Turkish | Al Göğüslü Guguk |
| Ukrainian | Зозуля червоновола |
Cuculus solitarius Stephens, 1815
PROTONYM:
Cuculus solitarius
Stephens, 1815. Gen.Zool.[Shaw] 9 pt1, p.84 pl.18.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Caffraria and Madagascar = eastern Cape Province, ex Levaillant.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CUCULUS
- solitaria / solitaris / solitarius
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
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Red-chested Cuckoo
