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African Cuckoo
Cuculus gularis Stephens, JF 1815
The African cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa where it migrates within the continent, generally arriving and breeding in any one locality during the rainy season. A fairly common bird, the International Union for Conservation of Nature has rated its conservation status as being of "least concern". Source: Wikipedia
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Cuculiformes
Family:
Cuculidae
Genus:
Cuculus
Scientific:
Cuculus gularis
Classification
Order:Cuculiformes
Family:
Cuculidae
Genus:
Cuculus
Scientific:
Cuculus gularis
Original description
Citation:
Stephens, JF 1815
Reference:
General Zool. [Shaw]
9, pt1 p.83, pl.17
Protonym:
Cuculus gularis
Type locality:
No locality = Camdeboo, Cape Province, ex Levaillant.
Link:
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/64422#page/141/mode/1up
Avibase identifiers
Avibase ID:
66931B3F993D2FCE
Avibase ID:
avibase-66931B3F
Short link:
https://avibase.ca/66931B3F
Taxonomic Serial Number:
TSN: 554683
Geographic range:
- Cuculus gularis: Senegambia to Somalia and South Africa
Source: Clements checklist
African Cuckoo
Catalan:
Cucut africà
Czech:
kukačka africká
Danish:
Afrikansk Gøg
German:
Afrikakuckuck
Spanish:
Cuco Barbiblanco
Spanish (Spain):
Cuco Barbiblanco
Finnish:
afrikankäki
French:
Coucou africain
Croatian:
siva kukavica
Hungarian:
afrikai kakukk
Italian:
Cuculo africano
Japanese (romaji):
afurikakakkou
Japanese:
アフリカカッコウ
Lithuanian:
Afrikinė gegutė
Dutch:
Afrikaanse Koekoek
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Afrikagauk
Norwegian:
Afrikagjøk
Polish:
kukułka sawannowa
Portuguese:
Cuco-africano
Portuguese (Portugal):
Cuco-africano
Russian:
Африканская кукушка
Slovak:
kukučka akáciová
Serbian:
Afrička kukavica
Swedish:
afrikansk gök
Ukrainian:
Зозуля саванова
Chinese:
非洲杜鹃
Chinese (Traditional):
非洲杜鵑
Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:
| African Bird Club Checklist 2004: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist August 2005: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2007: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist January 2008: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist May 2009: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| African Bird Club Checklist March 2010: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts (current): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 00: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 01: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 02: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 03: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 04: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v9 (Oct 2024): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009): Coucou africain ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993): Coucou africain ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2021: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2022: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2023: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2024: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 4th edition: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (as published): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2015: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2016: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2017: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2018: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Clements, version 2019: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.50: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.52: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.53: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.54: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 1.55: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2015: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2016: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2017: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2018: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2019: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2021: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2022: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2023: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| eBird version 2024: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| IOC World Bird Names, version 14.2: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original): Cuculus canorus gularis [version 1] |
| Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition): Cuculus canorus gularis [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998): African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0: African Cuckoo ( Cuculus gularis) [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Cuculus gularis [version 1] |
| Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource: Cuculus gularis [version 1] |
Taxonomic status:
Species status: full species
This taxon is considered a subspecies of
Cuculus [canorus or gularis]
(sensu lato) by some authors
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Other synonyms
See also the taxonomic synonyms table.
Afrikaans: Afrikaanse Koekoek
Belarusian: Саваннава зязюля
Bulgarian: Африканска кукувица
Breton: Koukoug Afrika
Catalan: Cucut africà
Czech: Kukacka africká, kukačka africká
Welsh: Cog Affrica
Danish: Afrikansk Gøg
German: Afrikakuckuck, Afrikanerkuckuck, Afrikanischer Kuckuck
Greek: Αφρικαvικός κoύκoς
English: African Cuckoo, African Grey Cuckoo, Gray Cuckoo, Grey Cuckoo
English, HBW: African Cuckoo
English (IOC): African Cuckoo
English (Kenya): African Cuckoo
English (United States): African Cuckoo
Esperanto: Afrika kukolo
Spanish: Cuclillo Africano, Cuco Africano, Cuco Barbiblanco
Spanish (Spain): Cuco Barbiblanco
Spanish (HBW): African Cuckoo
Estonian: savannikägu
Finnish: Afrikankäki
French: Coucou africain, Coucou gris
Frisian: Afrikaanske koekoek
Irish: Cuach Afracach
Galician: Cuco africano
Manx: Cooag Affrickagh
Croatian: Afrička ukavica, siva kukavica
Hungarian: afrikai kakukk
Italian: Cuculo africano
Japanese (romaji): afurikakakkou
Japanese: アフリカカッコウ
Kara-Kalpak: фрика әтшөги
Kwangali: Mukuku
Kirghiz: Африка күкүгү
Scientific: Cuculus canorus gularis, Cuculus gularis, Cuculus lineatus
Lithuanian: Afrikinė gegutė
Latvian: Āfrikas dzeguze
Macedonian: Африканска кукавица
Dutch: Afrikaanse Koekoek
Norwegian Nynorsk: Afrikagauk
Norwegian: Afrikagjøk
Polish: kukulka sawannowa, kukułka sawannowa
Portuguese: Cuco-africano
Portuguese (Portugal): Cuco-africano
Rhaeto-Romance: Cucu african
Romanian: Cuc african
Russian: Африканская кукушка
Northern Sami: Afrihkágiehka
Slovak: kukučka akáciová
Slovenian: Afriška kukavica
Serbian: Afrička kukavica
Swedish: Afrikansk gök
Swahili: Kekeo Kijivu
Turkish: Afrika guguğu
Ukrainian: Зозуля саванова
Chinese: 非洲杜鹃
Chinese (Traditional): 非洲杜鵑
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