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Red-chested Cuckoo

Cuculus solitarius Stephens, JF 1815

The red-chested cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is a medium-sized bird found in Africa south of the Sahara. In Afrikaans, it is known as "Piet-my-vrou", after its call. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Cuculiformes
Family:
  Cuculidae
Genus:
   Cuculus
Scientific:
  Cuculus solitarius


Original description

Citation:
  Stephens, JF 1815

Reference:
   General Zool. [Shaw] 9 pt1 p.84 pl.18

Protonym:
  Cuculus solitarius

Type locality:
  Caffraria and Madagascar = eastern Cape Province, ex Levaillant.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/176175#page/136/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  26A34DA5474E1A01

Avibase ID:
  avibase-26A34DA5

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/26A34DA5


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554680

Geographic range:

  • Cuculus solitarius: Intra-African migrant south of the Sahara
English:
Red-chested Cuckoo
Catalan:
Cucut pit-roig
Czech:
kukačka červenoprsá
Danish:
Eremitgøg
German:
Einsiedlerkuckuck
Spanish:
Cuco Solitario
Spanish (Spain):
Cuco Solitario
Finnish:
punarintakäki
French:
Coucou solitaire
Croatian:
riđoprsa kukavica
Hungarian:
vörösbóbitás kakukk
Icelandic:
Logagaukur
Italian:
Cuculo pettorosso
Japanese (romaji):
chamunekakkou
Japanese:
チャムネカッコウ
Lithuanian:
Rausvakrūtė gegutė
Dutch:
Heremietkoekoek
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Raudbrystgauk
Norwegian:
Rødbrystgjøk
Polish:
kukułka rdzawopierśna
Portuguese:
Cuco-de-peito-vermelho
Portuguese (Portugal):
cuco-de-peito-vermelho
Russian:
Красногрудая кукушка
Slovak:
kukučka hrdzavoprsá
Serbian:
Crvenogruda kukavica
Swedish:
rödbröstad gök
Ukrainian:
Зозуля червоновола
Chinese:
赤胸杜鹃
Chinese (Traditional):
赤胸杜鵑


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Coucou solitaire ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Coucou solitaire ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
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eBird version 1.54:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Cuculus solitarius [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Cuculus solitarius [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Cuculus solitarius [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Red-chested Cuckoo ( Cuculus solitarius) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Cuculus solitarius [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Cuculus solitarius [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Piet-my-vrou
Catalan: Cucut pit-roig
Czech: Kukacka cervenoprsá, kukačka červenoprsá
Danish: Eremitgøg
German: Einsiedlerkuckuck
English: Red chested Cuckoo, Redchested Cuckoo, Red-chested Cuckoo
English, HBW: Red-chested Cuckoo
English (IOC): Red-chested Cuckoo
English (Kenya): Red-chested Cuckoo
English (United States): Red-chested Cuckoo
Spanish: Cuclillo Solitario, Cuco Solitario
Spanish (Spain): Cuco Solitario
Spanish (HBW): Red-chested Cuckoo
Estonian: punarind-kägu
Finnish: Punarintakäki
French: Coucou solitaire
Croatian: riđoprsa kukavica
Hungarian: vörösbóbitás kakukk
Icelandic: Logagaukur
Italian: Cuculo pettorosso
Japanese (romaji): chamunekakkou
Japanese: チャムネカッコウ
Kwangali: Mukuku
Kirghiz: кызыл төш күкүк
Scientific: Cuculus rubiculus, Cuculus solitarius, Cuculus solitarius solitarius, Cuculus solitarus
Lithuanian: Rausvakrūtė gegutė
Dutch: Heremietkoekoek
Norwegian Nynorsk: Raudbrystgauk
Norwegian: Rødbrystgjøk
Polish: kukulka rdzawopiersna, kukułka rdzawopierśna
Portuguese: Cuco-de-peito-vermelho
Portuguese (Portugal): cuco-de-peito-vermelho, Cuco-solitário
Russian: Красногрудая кукушка
Slovak: Kukučka hrdzavoprsá
Serbian: Crvenogruda kukavica
Siswant: Phezukwemkhono
Sotho, Southern: Tlo-nke-tsoho
Swedish: Rödbröstad gök
Swahili: Kekeo Kidari-chekundu
Turkish: Al göğüslü guguk
Tsonga: Ngwafalantala
Ukrainian: Зозуля червоновола
Xhosa: Uphezukomkhono
Chinese: 赤胸杜鹃
Chinese (Traditional): 赤胸杜鵑
Zulu: uPhezukomkhono

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