Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Chordata > Subphylum Vertebrata > Superclass Gnathostomata > Superclass Tetrapoda > Class Aves > Order Cuculiformes > 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.

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

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., S. Keith & E.K. Urban (1988). The Birds of Africa, Volume III. Academic Press, London.;PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

English-United States: Common Cuckoo; Cuckoo sources: Charles Hussey

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

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

Galician: Cuach

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

Irish: Cuach sources: Nash, Roisin (FaEu - Ecological Consultancy Services Ltd (Ecoserve))

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

Norwegian Bokmål: gjøk sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 110

Norwegian Nynorsk: gauk sources: Syst. Nat. ed. 10 p. 110

Nynorsk (Norwegian): 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: 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; 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. Editio decima, reformata. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae. ii, 824 pp.
basis of record	Fry, C.H., S. Keith & E.K. Urban (1988). The Birds of Africa, Volume III. Academic Press, London.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (1356 publications)
Barcode of Life (19 barcodes)
GenBank (90 nucleotides; 49 proteins)
GBIF
GBIF

Citation

Adriaens, P. (2014). Cuculus canorus Linnaeus, 1758. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:212682

Drs Cees Roselaar. Cuculus canorus Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed through: Fauna Europaea at http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=97028