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Moluccan Cuckoo

Cacomantis aeruginosus Salvadori, AT 1878

The Moluccan cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is native to the Maluku Islands. Source: Wikipedia

Classification
Order:
  Cuculiformes
Family:
  Cuculidae
Genus:
   Cacomantis
Scientific:
  Cacomantis aeruginosus


Original description

Citation:
  Salvadori, AT 1878

Reference:
   Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Genova 12 p.458

Protonym:
  Cacomantis aeruginosus

Type locality:
  Buru, Amboina, Ceram = Buru, apud Hartert 1925, p. 166.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33921454


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  3523C73F021079AD

Avibase ID:
  avibase-3523C73F

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/3523C73F


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 705348

Geographic range:

  • Cacomantis aeruginosus: northern and central Moluccas
  • Cacomantis aeruginosus aeruginosus: southern Moluccas (Buru, Ambon, and Seram) and Sula Islands
  • Cacomantis aeruginosus heinrichi: northern Moluccas (Halmahera, Bacan, and Obi)
English:
Moluccan Cuckoo
Catalan:
Cucut de les Moluques
Czech:
kukačka molucká
Danish:
Molukgøg
German:
Molukkenkuckuck
Spanish:
Cuco Moluqueño
Spanish (Spain):
Cuco Moluqueño
Finnish:
halmaherankäki
French:
Coucou endeuillé [aeruginosus, incl. heinrichi]
Croatian:
cimetastotrba kukavica
Italian:
Cuculo delle Molucche
Japanese (romaji):
harumaherahimekakkou
Japanese:
ハルマヘラヒメカッコウ
Lithuanian:
Molukinė šeriuotoji gegutė
Dutch:
Molukse Koekoek
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Molukkgauk
Norwegian:
Molukkgjøk
Polish:
kukułka malutka
Portuguese:
cuco-do-mato-das-molucas
Portuguese (Portugal):
cuco-das-molucas
Russian:
Молуккская кукушка
Slovak:
kukučka molucká
Serbian:
Molučka kukavica
Swedish:
moluckbuskgök
Ukrainian:
кукавка молуцька
Chinese:
摩鹿加杜鹃
Chinese (Traditional):
摩鹿加叢杜鵑


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Moluccan Cuckoo [incl. heinrichi] ( Cacomantis aeruginosus [incl. heinrichi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus)
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Moluccan Cuckoo (incl. ssp. heinrichi) ( Cacomantis aeruginosus [incl. heinrichi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Moluccan Cuckoo (incl. ssp. heinrichi) ( Cacomantis aeruginosus [incl. heinrichi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Moluccan Cuckoo (incl. ssp. heinrichi) ( Cacomantis aeruginosus [incl. heinrichi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Moluccan Cuckoo (incl. ssp. heinrichi) ( Cacomantis aeruginosus [incl. heinrichi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Moluccan Cuckoo (incl. ssp. heinrichi) ( Cacomantis aeruginosus [incl. heinrichi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Moluccan Cuckoo [incl. heinrichi] ( Cacomantis aeruginosus [incl. heinrichi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Moluccan Cuckoo [incl. heinrichi] ( Cacomantis aeruginosus [incl. heinrichi])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Moluccan Cuckoo [incl. heinrichi] ( Cacomantis aeruginosus [incl. heinrichi])
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 6]
Clements, version 2024:
Moluccan Brush Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 6]
Clements, version 2015:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
eBird version 2024:
Moluccan Brush Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Moluccan Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 6]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2:
Moluccan Brush Cuckoo ( Cacomantis aeruginosus) [version 6]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes a subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Cacomantis [variolosus or sepulcralis, incl. heinrichi] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.


Catalan: Cucut de les Moluques
Czech: kukačka molucká
Danish: Molukgøg
German: Molukkenkuckuck
English: Moluccan Brush Cuckoo, Moluccan Cuckoo, Moluccan Cuckoo (incl. heinrichi), Moluccan Cuckoo (incl. ssp. heinrichi), Moluccan Cuckoo [incl. heinrichi], Rusty-breasted Cuckoo [aeruginosus, incl. heinrichi]
English, HBW: Moluccan Cuckoo
English (IOC): Moluccan Cuckoo
English (United States): Moluccan Cuckoo
Spanish: Cuco Moluqueño
Spanish (Spain): Cuco Moluqueño
Spanish (HBW): Moluccan Cuckoo
Estonian: maluku tüüdukägu
Finnish: halmaherankäki
French: Coucou de Heinrich, Coucou de Heinrich [incl. heinrichi], Coucou endeuillé [aeruginosus, incl. heinrichi]
Croatian: cimetastotrba kukavica
Indonesian: Wiwik maluku
Italian: Cuculo delle Molucche
Japanese (romaji): harumaherahimekakkou
Japanese: ハルマヘラヒメカッコウ
Scientific: Cacomantis aeruginosus, Cacomantis aeruginosus [incl. heinrichi], Cacomantis sepulcralis [aeruginosus, incl. heinrichi], Cacomantis sepulcralis aeruginosus, Cacomantis variolosus aeruginosus
Lithuanian: Molukinė šeriuotoji gegutė
Dutch: Molukkenkoekoek, Molukse Koekoek
Norwegian Nynorsk: Molukkgauk
Norwegian: Halmaheragjøk, Molukkgjøk
Polish: kukułka malutka
Portuguese: cuco-do-mato-das-molucas
Portuguese (Portugal): cuco-das-molucas
Russian: Молуккская кукушка, Молуккская щетинистая кукушка
Slovak: kukučka molucká
Serbian: Molučka kakomantis kukavica, Molučka kukavica
Swedish: Moluckbuskgök
Turkish: Maluku guguğu
Ukrainian: кукавка молуцька
Chinese: 摩鹿加杜鹃
Chinese (Traditional): 摩鹿加叢杜鵑

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