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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Gevlekte Koekoek, Gevlekte nuwejaarsvoël
Arabic: أم الحمام، سمساح, الوقواق المنقط, وقواق ارقط كبير
Asturian: Cuquiellu real européu, Cuquiellu Rial
Azerbaijani: Kəkilli ququ
Bashkir: бүрекле кәкүк
Belarusian: Чубатая зязюля
Bulgarian: Качулата кукувица, Обикновена качулата кукувица
Breton: Koukoug safarus
Catalan: Cucui reial, Cucut reial, Cucut reial europeu
Catalan (Balears): Cucui reial
Montenegrin: afrička kukavica, афричка кукавица
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): афричка кукавица
Czech: Kukacka chocholatá, kukačka chocholatá
Chuvash: тĕпеклĕ куккук
Welsh: Cog frech
Danish: Skadegøg
German: Haeherkuckuck, Haherkuckuck, Häherkuckuck
Greek: Καλοχρονιά, Κισσόκoυκoς, Κισσόκουκος
Greek (Cypriot): Καλοχρονιά
English: Great Spotted Cuckoo
English, HBW: Great Spotted Cuckoo
English (IOC): Great Spotted Cuckoo
English (Kenya): Great Spotted Cuckoo
English (United States): Great Spotted Cuckoo
Esperanto: Tufkukolo, tufkukulo
Spanish: Crialo, Críalo, Críalo Español, Críalo Europeo, Cucu Europeo
Spanish (Spain): Críalo Europeo
Spanish (HBW): Críalo europeo
Estonian: harakkägu
Basque: Cucut reial, Kuku mottodun, Kuku mottoduna, Kuku mottuduna
Persian: کوکوی خالدار
Finnish: harakkakäki, Töyhtökäki
Faroese: Skjórugeykur
French: Coucou geai, Oxylophe geai
Friulian: cuc dal çuf
Frisian: Túfkoekoek
Irish: Cuach chíorliath, Mórchuach Bhreac
Galician: Cuco grallo, Cuco real, Cuco rei, Cucut reial
Manx: Cooag vreck
Hebrew: קוקיה מצוייצת, קוקיה מצויצת, קוקייה מצויצת
Croatian: Afrička kukavica, Ćubasta kukavica
Hungarian: Pettyes kakukk , Szajkókakukk
Armenian: [Poopoolavor Kku ], [Pupulavor Kku ], Փուփուլավոր Կկու
Icelandic: Dílagaukur
Italian: Cuculo dal ciuffo
Japanese (romaji): madarakammurikakkou, madarakanmurikakkou
Japanese: マダラカンムリカッコウ
Georgian: შავთავა გუგული
Kirghiz: үрпөк күкүк
Scientific: Clamator glandarius, Clamator glandarius cherigium, Clamator glandarius glandarius, Cuculus glandarius, Cuculus macrourus, Cuculus phaiopterus, Cuculus pisanus, Oxylophus minor
Lithuanian: Didžioji kuoduotoji gegutė, Kuoduotoji gegutė
Latvian: lielā cekuldzeguze
Macedonian: Афричка (Цуцулеста) кукавица, цуцулеста кукавица
Moldavian: Cuc pestriț
Maltese: Daqquqa Prima, Sultan il-Gamiem tat-Toppu
Dutch: Kuifkoekoek
Norwegian Nynorsk: Skjorgauk
Norwegian: Skjæregjøk
Polish: kukulka czubata, kukułka czubata, Synogarlica senegalska
Portuguese: cuco rabilongo, Cuco-rabilongo
Portuguese (Portugal): Cuco-rabilongo
Romansh: cucu tacla, Cucu ticlà
Rhaeto-Romance: Cucu taclà
Romanian: Cuc pestriț, Cuc pestriţ
Russian: большая пятнистая кукушка, Кукушка хохлатая, Хохлатая кукушка
Northern Sami: Skiregiehka
Slovak: Kukavica chochlatá
Slovenian: copasta kukavica, čopasta kukavica
Shona: Haya
Albanian: Qyqja me çafkë
Serbian: Africka (cubasta) kukavica, Africka kukavica, Cubasta kukavica, Ćubasta kukavica, kukavica africka, kukavica afrička, Афричка (Ћубаста) кукавица
Swedish: Skatgök
Swahili: Kekeo Madoa
Turkmen: hüpükli ikatýok
Turkish: Büyük Guguk, Tepeli Guguk, Tepeli Guguk Kuşu
Tatar: бүрекле күке
Ukrainian: Зозуля чубата , Чубата зозуля
Kalmyk: залата көкг
Chinese: 大斑凤头鹃
Chinese (Traditional): 大鳳頭鵑