Taxonomic status:

Species status: species (alt)

This taxon is a subspecies of Cuculus [saturatus, lepidus or optatus]

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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Himalaja-/Oosterse Koekoek
Azerbaijani: Himalay/Şərq ququsu
Belarusian: Глуха зязюля
Bulgarian: Хималайска / Източна кукувица
Bengali: উদয়ী পাপিয়া
Catalan: Cucut de Blyth, cucut de l'Himàlaia/oriental
Catalan, Valencian: Tórtola rogenca
Czech: kukačka dudkohlasá/eurasijská, kukačka prostřední
Chuvash: Тухăç куккукĕ
Danish: Lille Skovgøg, Skovgøg/Orientgøg
German: Himalaja-/Hopfkuckuck, Hopfkuckuck
English: Himalayan cuckoo, Himalayan or Horsfield's Cuckoo, Himalayan/Oriental Cuckoo, Oriental Cuckoo
[ENAV]: Himalayan/Oriental Cuckoo
English, HBW: Oriental Cuckoo
English (IOC): Himalayan/Oriental Cuckoo
English (United States): Himalayan/Oriental Cuckoo
Esperanto: Orienta kukolo
Spanish: Cuco del Himalaya/Oriental, Cuco oriental
Spanish (Spain): Cuco del Himalaya/oriental
Spanish (HBW): Himalayan/Oriental Cuckoo
Estonian: lõuna-taigakägu, taigakägu/lõuna-taigakägu
Finnish: idänkäki, kiinanidänkäki/idänkäki
French: Coucou de l'Himalaya ou C. oriental, Coucou gris, Coucou oriental
French (Guyane): Coucou de l'Himalaya ou C. oriental
Hebrew: קוקיה מזרחית/הימלאית, קוקייה מזרחית
Hungarian: Himalájai/Keleti kakukk, keleti kakukk
Indonesian: Burung Kangkok Ranting, Kangkok ranting/oriental
Icelandic: Tágagaukur
Italian: Cuculo orientale
Japanese (romaji): himarayatsutsudori/tsutsudori, ponpon-dori, tsutsu-dori, tsutsudori/tsutsudori
Japanese: ツツドリ, ツツドリ/ツツドリ, ヒマラヤツツドリ/ツツドリ, ポンポンドリ
Japanese (Kanji): ぽんぽん鳥, 筒鳥
Khakas: Тöдöт
Kazakh: Мењіреу кєкек
Kazakh (Transliteration): meñirew kökök
Korean: 벙어리뻐꾸기
Korean (Transliteration): beongeori-ppeokkugi
Scientific: Cuculus [saturatus or optatus], Cuculus saturatus, Cuculus saturatus saturatus, Cuculus saturatus/optatus
Lithuanian: Kurčioji gegutė
Latvian: Austrumu dzeguze
Mongolian: Ханамал хөхөө
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠬᠠᠨᠣᠮᠠᠯ ᠬᠦᠬᠡ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠡᠷᠢᠶᠠᠨ ᠬᠦᠬᠡ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Бэсрэг хөхөө, Эрээн хөхөө
Mongolian (Transliteration): besreg khökhöö, ereeŋ khökhöö, khanmal khökhöö
Malay: Burung Sewah Dada Putih, Burung Sewah Gunung, Burung Sewah Himalaya
Nepali: पूर्वीय कोइली
Dutch: Boskoekoek, Himalayakoekoek/Boskoekoek
Norwegian: Orientgjøk, orientgjøk/taigagjøk
Palauan: Charmudrenges
Polish: kukulka wschodnia, kukułka wschodnia/syberyjska
Pinyin: péng-péng-niǎo, shān guōgōng, tǒng-niǎo, zhōng dù-juān, zhōng kāgū, zhōng kēgū
Portuguese: Cuco-orientale
Portuguese (Portugal): cuco-dos-himalaias/cuco-oriental
Russian: Гималайская/Глухая кукушка, Глухая кукушка
Slovak: kukučka dutohlasá, kukučka dutohlasá/východná
Slovenian: ruska kukavica
Serbian: Himalajska/istočnoazijska kukavica
Swedish: himalayagök, himalayagök/tajgagök
Thai: นกคัคคูพันธุ์หิมาลัย, นกคัคคูพันธุ์หิมาลัย/นกคัคคูพันธุ์เอเชียเหนือ, นกคัคคูหิมาลัย/นกคัคคูตะวันออก
Thai (Transliteration): nók kʰák-kʰuu pʰan hì-maa-lay
Turkish: Tayga/Horsfield guguğu, Меңіреу көкек
Tuvinian: Тайга хеги
Ukrainian: Зозуля глуха, Зозуля глуха/сибірська
Vietnamese: Chim Cu cu Himalaya, Chim Cu cu Phương đông
Chinese: 中喀咕, 中杜鹃, 中杜鹃/北方中杜鹃, 山郭公, 筒鸟, 蓬蓬鸟
[ZHHK]: 中杜鵑/東方中杜鵑
Chinese (Traditional): 中喀咕, 中杜鵑, 喜馬拉雅/北方中杜鵑, 山郭公, 筒鳥, 蓬蓬鳥
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 中杜鵑, 筒鳥
Chinese (Taiwan): 中杜鹃, 筒鸟