Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Infraphylum Gnathostomata > Megaclass Tetrapoda > Superclass Reptilia > Class Aves > Subclass Passerae > Superorder Cuculimorphae > Order Cuculiformes > Suborder Cuculi > Superfamily Cuculoidea > Family Cuculidae > Genus Cuculus

Cuculus canorus Linnaeus, 1758

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cuculus*	Linnaeus, 1758	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: kukja; qyqja sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Bulgarian: Обикновена кукувица sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Danish: gøg sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Dutch: koekoek sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English: common cuckoo; cuckoo; European cuckoo sources: Fry, C. H.; Keith, S.; Urban, E. K. (1988). The Birds of Africa, Volume III. Academic Press, London.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

French: Coucou gris sources: Avibase - the world bird database.

German: Kuckuck sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Greek: Ευρωπαϊκός Κούκος sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Hebrew: קוקייה אירופית sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Lithuanian: gegutė sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: gjøk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: gauk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Polish: kukułka sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Romanian: cuc sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Russian: обыкновенная кукушка sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Scottish Gaelic: cuach sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Slovenian: kukavica sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Spanish, Castillian: cuco común sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: gök sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Turkish: guguk sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Ukrainian: Зозуля sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Welsh: cog

Literature

original description	Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature, according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places.]. Impensis Direct. Laurentii Salvii. Holmiae [Stockholm]. 1(10) [iii], 824 p.
basis of record	Fry, C. H.; Keith, S.; Urban, E. K. (1988). The Birds of Africa, Volume III. Academic Press, London.