Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

This taxon is considered a subspecies of Cuculus [saturatus or lepidus] (sensu lato) by some authors

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Related taxa

Alternative arrangements:  1  2 

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BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023) (v.1) HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024) (v.1) Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009) (v.1) Clements, version 2021 (v.1) Clements, version 2022 (v.1) Clements, version 2023 (v.1) Clements, version 2024 (v.1) Clements 5th edition (as published) (v.1) Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions) (v.1) Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions) (v.1) Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions) (v.1) Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions) (v.1) Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions) (v.1) Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions) (v.1) Clements 6th edition (v.1) Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions) (v.1) Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions) (v.1) Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions) 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Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Afrikaans: Oosterse koekoek
Belarusian: Глуха зязюля, Глухая зязюля
Bulgarian: Ориенталска кукувица
Bengali: উদয়ী পাপিয়া, িঈদয়ী ঩াচ঩য়া
Bengali (transliteration): udaẏī pāpiẏā
Breton: Koukoug ar reter
Catalan: Cucut oriental, Tórtola rogenca
Valencian: Tórtola rogenca
Czech: kukačka dudkohlasá, kukačka prostřední
Chuvash: Тухăç куккукĕ
Welsh: Cog ddwyreiniol
Danish: Orientgøg, Østlig gøg, Skovgøg
German: Himalajakuckuck, Hopfkuckuck, Hopfkuckuck-saturatus, Weidehopfkuckuck
English: Himalayan cuckoo, Oriental cuckoo, Saturated cuckoo
English, HBW: Oriental Cuckoo (Himalayan)
English (IOC): Himalayan Cuckoo
English (United States): Himalayan Cuckoo
Esperanto: Orienta kukolo
Spanish: Cuclillo oriental, Cuco del Himalaya, Cuco oriental
Spanish (Spain): Cuco del Himalaya
Spanish (HBW): Himalayan Cuckoo
Estonian: lõuna-taigakägu, Taigakägu
Basque: Ekialdeko kuku
Finnish: Idänkäki, Kiinanidänkäki
French: Coucou de l'Himalaya, Coucou de l'Himalaya (nominal), Coucou de l'Himalaya (nominale), Coucou de l'Himalaya (race nominale), Coucou gris, Coucou oriental
Frisian: Himalajakoekoek
Irish: Cuach oirthearach
Galician: Cuco oriental
Hebrew: קוקיה הימלאית, קוקיה מזרחית, קוקייה מזרחית
Croatian: azijska kukavica, Prugastotrba kukavica
Hungarian: keleti kakukk
Indonesian: Burung Kangkok Ranting, Hulémanuke, Kangkok Ranting
Icelandic: Tágagaukur
Italian: Cuculo dell'Himalaya, Cuculo orientale
Japanese (romaji): himarayatsutsudori, ponpon-dori, Tsutsudori, tsutsu-dori
Japanese: *ツツドリ, ツツドリ, ヒマラヤツツドリ, ポンポンドリ
Japanese (Kanji): ぽんぽん鳥, 筒鳥
Khakas: Тöдöт
Kazakh: меңіреу көкек, Мењіреу кєкек, саңырау көкек
Kazakh (Transliteration): meñirew kökök
Korean: 남방벙어리뻐꾸기, 벙어리뻐꾸기
Korean (Transliteration): beongeori-ppeokkugi
Kashmiri: [Wan Kukil]
Scientific: Cuculus kelungensis, Cuculus optatus, Cuculus saturatus, Cuculus saturatus saturatus, Cuculus waigoui
Lithuanian: Kurčioji gegutė
Latvian: Austrumu dzeguze, Himalaju dzeguze, Mēmā 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, Sewah Gunung
Nepali: पूर्वीय कोइली
Dutch: Boskoekoek, Himalajakoekoek, Himalayakoekoek
Norwegian Nynorsk: Orientgauk
Norwegian: Orientgjøk
Palauan: Charmudrenges
Polish: kukulka wschodnia, kukułka wschodnia
Pinyin: péng-péng-niǎo, shān guōgōng, tǒng-niǎo, zhōng dù-juān, zhōng kāgū, zhōng kēgū
Portuguese: Cuco-oriental, Cuco-orientale
Portuguese (Portugal): cuco-dos-himalaias
Rhaeto-Romance: Cucu oriental
Romanian: Cuc oriental
Russian: Гималайская кукушка, Глухая кукушка, Кукушка глухая
Northern Sami: Nuortagiehka, Taigagiehka
Slovak: Kukučka dutohlasá
Slovenian: ruska kukavica
Albanian: Qyqja e Lindjes
Serbian: Himalajska kukavica, Istočna kukavica
Swedish: himalayagök, Taigagök
Thai: นกคัคคูพันธุ์หิมาลัย
Thai (Transliteration): nók kʰák-kʰuu pʰan hì-maa-lay
Turkmen: ker ikatýok
Turkish: Doğu guguğu, Tayga Guguğu, Меңіреу көкек
Tuvinian: Тайга хеги
Ukrainian: Глуха зозуля, Зозуля глуха
Vietnamese: Chim Cu cu Himalaya, Chim Cu cu Phương đông, Cu cu Phương đông
Chinese: [tong-niao], [zhong du-juan], [zhong kegu], 中喀咕, 中杜鵑, 中杜鹃, 山郭公, 筒鳥, 筒鸟, 蓬蓬鸟
Chinese (Traditional): 中喀咕, 中杜鵑, 喜馬拉雅中杜鵑, 山郭公, 筒鳥, 蓬蓬鳥
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 中杜鵑, 筒鳥
Chinese (Taiwan): [tong-niao], 中杜鹃, 筒鳥, 筒鸟