Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species (sometimes nominal subspecies)

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

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Other related concepts

• Cuculus [canorus or optatus] (taxon group)

Other synonyms

See also the taxonomic synonyms table.

Abkhazian: аКуку, аКӘыкәу
Afrikaans: Europese Koekoek
Altai: кӱӱк
Arabic: أم الحمام، سمساح, الوقواق, الوقواق أم الحمام، سمساح, الوقواق المألوف, وقواق شائع
Araucanian: Maykoño
Mapundungun: Maykoño
Asturian: Cuquiellu, Cuquiellu común
Azerbaijani: Adi ququ, adi ququ quşu, Ququ quşu
Bashkir: какүк , кәкүк, күке, ябай кәкүк
Belarusian: ziaziula, Звычайная зязюля, зязюля, Зязюля звычайная
Bulgarian: obiknovena kukuvica, Обикновена кукувица
Bengali: পাতি পাপিয়া, ঩াচত ঩াচ঩য়া
Bengali (transliteration): pāti pāpiẏā
Breton: Ar goukoug Eurazia, koukoug, Koukoug-Eurazia
Catalan: Cucui, Cucut, Cucut comú, Tórtola
Catalan (Balears): Cucui
Valencian: Tórtola
Montenegrin: kukavica, кукавица
Montenegrin (Cyrillic): кукавица
Czech: kukačka, Kukacka obecná, Kukačka obecná, kukaèka obecná
Chuvash: Ахаль куккук
Welsh: Cethlydd, cog, Côg, Cwcw, Gwcw, Y gog
Danish: Gøg
German: Kuckuck
Greek: (Ευρωπαϊκός) Κούκος, koukοs, Κoύκoς, Κούκος, κοϋκος
Greek (Cypriot): Κούκος
Emiliano-romagnolo: Tòrtura
English: Common Cuckoo, Common Northern Cuckoo, Cuckoo, Eurasian Cuckoo, European Cuckoo, Gray Cuckoo, Gray Eurasian Cuckoo, Gray European Cuckoo, Grey Cuckoo, Grey Eurasian Cuckoo, Grey European Cuckoo, Kamtschatkan Cuckoo, Khasia Hills Cuckoo
English, HBW: Common Cuckoo
English (IOC): Common Cuckoo
English (Kenya): Common Cuckoo
English (United States): Common Cuckoo
Esperanto: kukolo, kukulo
Spanish: Cuclillo Europeo, Cuco, Cuco Común, Cuco Europeo
Spanish (Spain): Cuco Común
Spanish (HBW): Cuco común
Estonian: harilik kägu, Kägu
Basque: Cucut, kuku, Kuku arrunt (Kuku), Kukua
Evenki: коккӯ, кукку, кукты, куку, кукурэн, кукуча̄н, кэкку, кэккучэ̄н
Persian: کوکوی معمولی
Finnish: Käki
Faroese: geykur
French: coucou, Coucou d'Europe, Coucou gris
Friulian: cuc, cucù, cuců, cucuc, Tortorele
Frisian: koekoek
Irish: cuach, cuco
Gaelic: Cuach, Cuthag
Galician: Cuco, cuco común, Cucut, Rula Común
Guarani: Jeruti
Manx: cooag
Hebrew: קוקיה אירופאית, קוקיה אירופית, קוקייה אירופית
Croatian: Kukavica, Obična kukavica
Hungarian: Kakukk
Armenian: [Sovorakan Kku ], Սովորական Կկու
Indonesian: Burung Kangkok Erasia, Kangkok Erasia
Icelandic: Gaukur
Italian: Cuculo, Cuculo eurasiatico, Turtureina
Reggiano: Turtureina
Japanese (romaji): gappō-dori, gappou-dori, Kakko, kakkō, kakkō-dori, kakkou, kakkou-dori, kanko-dori
Japanese: カッコウ, カッコウドリ, ガッポウドリ, カンコドリ
Japanese (Kanji): 合法鳥, 郭公, 郭公鳥, 閑古鳥
Georgian: გუგული
Kara-Kalpak: әтшөк
Kabardian: кӀыгуугу
Mongolian, Halh: ханамал хөхөө
Khakas: Кööк, Кекÿÿк
Kazakh: Кәдімгі кєкек, кәдімгі көкек, кәдуілгі көкек
Kazakh (Transliteration): kädimgi kökök
Greenlandic: Kuukooq
Korean: 뻐꾸기
Korean (Transliteration): ppeokkugi
Karachay-Balkar: гугук, кукук
North Karelian: käki
Cornish: Cok, Durenn, kog, koukou
Kwangali: Mukuku
Kirghiz: кадимки күкүк
Scientific: Cuculus canorus, Cuculus canorus canorus
Ladino: cuch
Luxembourgish: Guckuck
Lithuanian: Gegute, gegutė, Gegužė, Giegutė, Kukūžė, Paprastoji gegutė
Latvian: dzeguze
Macedonian: kukavica, кукавица
Malayalam: കുക്കൂ കുയിൽ
Mongolian: бэсрэг хөхөө, ханамал хөхөө, Хөхөө, Эгэл хөхөө, эрээн хөхөө
Mongolian (Bichig, Inner Mongolia): ᠬᠦᠬᠦᠭᠡ
Mongolian (Cyrillic, Inner Mongolia): Хөхөө
Mongolian (Transliteration): egel khökhöö, khökhöö
Moldavian: Cuc, Turturica
Maltese: daqquqa, Daqquqa Kahla, daqquqa kaħla, daqquqiet
Mongolian, Chakhar (Peripheral): бэсрэг хөхөө, эрээн хөхөө
Nepali: कुक्कु कोइली
Dutch: Koekoek
Norwegian Nynorsk: Gauk
Norwegian: Gjøk
Napoletano-calabrese: Turtura
Occitan: coguol, Tortora
Livvi (Olonets Karelian): huuhkaja
Polish: kukulka, kukułka, kukułka (zwyczajna), Kukulka czubata, Kukułka czubata, kukułka zwyczajna
Pinyin: bùgǔ, bùgǔ-niǎo, dà dùjuān, dùjuān, guōgōng, kāgū, kēgū, shì jiū
Portuguese: cuco, cuco canoro, Cuco-canoro
Portuguese (Portugal): Cuco-canoro
Romansh: cucu, Turturella
Rhaeto-Romance: Cucu
Romanian: chuhuriashka, chuhuriezo kukuriashka, cuc, kukuriezo
Russian: obyknovennaja kukuška, Obyknovennaya Kukushka, Кукушка, Кукушка обыкновенная, Обыкновенная кукушка
Yakut: кэҕэ, кэҕэлэр, кэҕэһэ
Sardinian: Cuccheddu, Cucu, cucuevvai, Cucui, cucu-i, cucumarei, Cucuperra, Cucuperrai, cucuperra-i, Paccheddu, pacheddu, puzone de ‘ide
Scots: cuach, Cuthag
Northern Sami: giehka
Sinhalese (Transliteration): Podu Kookilaya
Slovak: Kukačka obyčajná, kukučka, kukučka jarabá, Kukučka obyčajná
Slovenian: kukavica, navadna kukavica
Somali: Ceelaljoog
Albanian: qyqja
Serbian: kukavica, obicna kukavica, obična kukavica, кукавица
Swedish: Gök
Swahili: Kekeo wa Ulaya
Tajik: кукои оддӣ
Thai: นกคัคคูพันธุ์ยุโรป
Thai (Transliteration): nók kʰák-kʰuu pʰan yú-rôop
Turkmen: adaty ikatýok, guguk, ikatýok
Turkish: Guguk, Кәдімгі көкек
Tatar: кәккүге, кәккүк, кәккүкләр, күке, күкеләр, күкесе
Tuvinian: Хек
Udmurt: алгазы курег, кикокуко, кикокукы, кикы, кикыш, куккы, кукы, пузкарутчась
Ukrainian: zozulja, Звичайна зозуля, зозуля, Зозуля звичайна
Uzbek: какку, какку қуш, кулранг какку, оддий какку
Vietnamese: Chim Cu cu, Chim Cu cu thông thường, Cu cu
Sorbian, Lower: kukawa, Tujawka
Sorbian, Upper: kokula, Tujawka
Kalmyk: көкә, көк шовун, көкг, көкүг, көкүк, эгл көкә
Chinese: [bugu], [bugu-niao], [da dujuan], [dujuan], [guogong], 喀咕, 大杜鵑, 大杜鹃, 布谷, 布谷鸟, 杜鹃, 郭公, 鸤鸠
Chinese (Traditional): 喀咕, 大杜鵑, 布穀, 布穀鳥, 杜鵑, 郭公, 鳲鳩
Chinese (Taiwan, Traditional): 大杜鵑, 布穀
Chinese (Taiwan): [bugu], 大杜鹃, 布谷