Species names in all available languages
Language | Common name |
---|---|
Czech | kukačka fialová |
Dutch | Violette Spoorkoekoek |
English | Violaceous Coucal |
English (United States) | Violaceous Coucal |
French | Coucal violet |
French (France) | Coucal violet |
German | Purpurkuckuck |
Japanese | スミレバンケン |
Norwegian | fiolettsporegjøk |
Polish | kukal fioletowy |
Russian | Фиолетовый кукаль |
Serbian | Ljubičasti kukal |
Slovak | ostrohár fialový |
Spanish | Cucal Violáceo |
Spanish (Spain) | Cucal violáceo |
Swedish | violett sporrgök |
Turkish | Mor Kukal |
Ukrainian | Коукал фіолетовий |
Centropus violaceus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832
PROTONYM:
Centropus violaceus
Quoy & Gaimard, 1832. Voyage de découvertes de la corvette l'Astrolabe, exécuté par ordre du Roi, pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville (etc.). Zoologie. Vol. 1 1, p.229.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Carteret Harbor, New Ireland.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CENTROPUS
- violaceum / violaceus
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Violaceous Coucal Centropus violaceus Scientific name definitions
Robert B. Payne
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 6, 2017
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated October 6, 2017
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Birds of the World
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Version 1.0
- March 4, 2020
- Violaceous Coucal Centropus violaceus
Authors
Robert B. Payne
Recommended Citation
Payne, R. B. (2020). Violaceous Coucal (Centropus violaceus), 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.viocou1.01
Handbook of the Birds of the World
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Last Published Version
- October 6, 2017
- Violaceous Coucal Centropus violaceus
Authors
Robert B. Payne
Recommended Citation
Payne, R. B. (2017). Violaceous Coucal (Centropus violaceus). 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.