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Indian Cuckoo

Cuculus micropterus Gould, J 1838

The Indian cuckoo is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, that is found in the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It ranges from India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal and Sri Lanka east to Indonesia and north to China and Russia. It is a solitary and shy bird, found in forests and open woodland at up to 3,600 m (11,800 ft). Source: Wikipedia




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


Original description

Citation:
  Gould, J 1838

Reference:
   Proc. Zool. Soc. London pt.5, no.60 p.137

Imprint year:
  1837

Protonym:
  Cuculus micropterus

Type locality:
  Himalayas.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/96163#page/309/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  5CFEDF61502C909A

Avibase ID:
  avibase-5CFEDF61

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/5CFEDF61


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554682

Geographic range:

  • Cuculus micropterus micropterus: India and Myanmar to southeastern Asia; winters to Greater Sundas
  • Cuculus micropterus concretus: Vietnam to southern Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo
English:
Indian Cuckoo
Catalan:
Cucut alacurt
Czech:
kukačka krátkokřídlá
Danish:
Kortvinget Gøg
German:
Kurzflügelkuckuck
Spanish:
Cuco Alicorto
Spanish (Spain):
Cuco Alicorto
Finnish:
intiankäki
French:
Coucou à ailes courtes
Croatian:
kratkokrila kukavica
Hungarian:
indiai kakukk
Icelandic:
Stúfgaukur
Italian:
Cuculo indiano
Japanese (romaji):
segurokakkou
Japanese:
セグロカッコウ
Lithuanian:
Indinė gegutė
Dutch:
Kortvleugelkoekoek
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Asiagauk
Norwegian:
Asiagjøk
Polish:
kukułka krótkoskrzydła
Portuguese:
Cuco-indiano
Portuguese (Portugal):
cuco-d'asa-curta
Russian:
Индийская кукушка
Slovak:
kukučka krátkokrídla
Serbian:
Indijska kukavica
Swedish:
indisk gök
Ukrainian:
Зозуля короткокрила
Chinese:
四声杜鹃
Chinese (Traditional):
四聲杜鵑


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Indian Cuckoo ( Cuculus micropterus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
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Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
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Birdlife checklist version 00:
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Birdlife checklist version 01:
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Birdlife checklist version 02:
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Birdlife checklist version 03:
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Birdlife checklist version 04:
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Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
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Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
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Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
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Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
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Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
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Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
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HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024):
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Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Coucou à ailes courtes ( Cuculus micropterus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
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Clements 1st edition:
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Clements, version 2021:
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Clements, version 2022:
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Clements 3rd edition:
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eBird version 1.50:
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eBird version 2023:
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eBird version 2024:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
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Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
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Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
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Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
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Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
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IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
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Morony, Bock and Farrand:
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Oriental Bird Club:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
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Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993):
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Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
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Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
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Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Cuculus micropterus [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Cuculus micropterus [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Bengali: ফিঈ কথা কও , ফিঈ-কথা-কও , ফিঈকথাকও ঩াচ঩য়া , বউকথাকও পাপিয়া
Bengali (transliteration): ba'u kathā ka'ō, ba'u-kathā-ka'ō, ba'ukathāka'ō pāpiẏā
Breton: Koukoug India
Catalan: Cucut alacurt
Czech: Kukacka krátkokrídlá, kukačka krátkokřídlá
Welsh: Cog India
Danish: Kortvinget Gøg
German: Kurzflügelkuckuck, Kuzflügelkuckuck
English: Indian Cuckoo, Short-winged Cuckoo
English, HBW: Indian Cuckoo
English (IOC): Indian Cuckoo
English (United States): Indian Cuckoo
Esperanto: Hindia kukolo
Spanish: Cuclillo de Alas Cortas, Cuco Alicorto, Cuco de Alas Cortas
Spanish (Spain): Cuco Alicorto
Spanish (HBW): Indian Cuckoo
Estonian: vilekägu
Finnish: Intiankäki
French: Coucou à ailes courtes, Coucou indien
Irish: Cuach Indiach
Galician: Cuco de ás curtas
Croatian: kratkokrila kukavica
Hungarian: indiai kakukk
Indonesian: Belanda mabok, Burung Kangkok India, Kangkok India
Icelandic: Stúfgaukur
Italian: Cuculo indiano
Japanese (romaji): se-guro kakkō, seguro-kakko, segurokakkou, Seguro-kakkou
Japanese: セグロカッコウ
Japanese (Kanji): 背黒郭公
Mongolian, Halh: хурган хөхөө
Korean: 검은등뻐꾸기
Kirghiz: Индистан күкүгү
Scientific: Cuculus micropterus, Cuculus micropterus micropterus
Lithuanian: Indinė gegutė
Latvian: īsspārnu dzeguze
Malayalam: വിഷുപ്പക്ഷി, വിഷുപ്പക്ഷി 
Mongolian: Бор шарга хөхөө, Жагар хөхөө, хурган хөхөө, өчүүхэн хөхөө
Mongolian (Bichig): ᠵᠠᠭᠠᠷ ᠬᠦᠬᠦᠭᠡ
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠪᠥᠷᠣ ᠰᠢᠷᠭ᠎ᠠ ᠬᠦᠬᠦᠭᠡ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Шовшуур хөхөө
Mongolian (Transliteration): bor sharag khökhöö, geomeun-deung-ppeokkugi, jagar khökhöö, shovshuur khökhöö
Malay: Burung Sewah India, Sewah India
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): өчүүхэн хөхөө
Nepali: काफल पाक्यो
Dutch: Kortvleugelkoekoek
Norwegian Nynorsk: Asiagauk
Norwegian: Asiagjøk
Polish: kukulka krótkoskrzydla, kukułka krótkoskrzydła
Pinyin: bùgǔ, guā guō, guānggōng hǎo kù, guānggùn bèi niu, guānggùn hǎo guò, huā kāgū, huā kēgū, jiā-pó dǎ wǒ, kuài kuài gē mài, sì-shēng dù-juān, wān-dòu bāgē, yìndù kāgū, yìndù kēgū
Portuguese: Cuco-indiano
Portuguese (Portugal): cuco-d'asa-curta
Rhaeto-Romance: Cucu da l'India
Russian: Индийская кукушка, Кукушка индийская
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Indu Kookilaya
Slovak: kukučka krátkokrídla
Serbian: Indijska kukavica
Swedish: Indisk gök, Kortvingegök
Tamil: Kuyil
Thai: นกคัคคูพันธุ์อินเดีย
Thai (Transliteration): nók kʰák-kʰuu pʰan in-dia
Turkish: Hint guguğu
Ukrainian: Зозуля короткокрила
Vietnamese: Bắt cô trói cột, Chim Bắt cô trói cột, Chim Cu cu Ấn Độ
Chinese: 光棍好过, 光棍背钮, 关公好哭, 刮锅, 印度喀咕, 四声杜鹃, 四聲杜鵑, 家婆打我, 布谷, 快快割麦, 花喀咕, 豌豆八哥
Chinese (Traditional): 光棍好過, 光棍背鈕, 刮鍋, 印度喀咕, 四聲杜鵑, 家婆打我, 布穀, 快快割麥, 花喀咕, 豌豆八哥, 關公好哭
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 四聲杜鵑
Chinese (Taiwan): 四声杜鹃

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