Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (21)
- Subspecies (2)
Robert B. Payne, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 1.1 — Published October 15, 2021
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Swartkoekoek |
| Catalan | cucut negre |
| Czech | kukačka subsaharská |
| Dutch | Zwarte Koekoek |
| English | Black Cuckoo |
| English (United States) | Black Cuckoo |
| French | Coucou criard |
| French (France) | Coucou criard |
| German | Schwarzkuckuck |
| Japanese | クロカッコウ |
| Norwegian | svartgjøk |
| Polish | kukułka czarna |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Cuco-preto |
| Russian | Чёрная кукушка |
| Serbian | Crna kukavica |
| Slovak | kukučka tmavá |
| Spanish | Cuco Negro |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cuco negro |
| Swedish | svartgök |
| Turkish | Kara Guguk |
| Ukrainian | Зозуля чорна |
Revision Notes
Peter F. D. Boesman contributed to the Sounds and Vocal Behavior page.
Cuculus clamosus Latham, 1801
PROTONYM:
Cuculus clamosus
Latham, 1801. Supplementum indicis ornithologici, sive systematis ornithologiæ, p.xxx.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Cape of Good Hope = Cradock Division, Cape Province, fide Grant and Mackworth-Praed, Bull. Brit. Orn. CI., 56, 1936, p. 116.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- CUCULUS
- clamosus
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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)
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