Cuculus canorus canorus

• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Taxonomy

Synonyms

Cuculus canorus Linnaeus 1758

Similar Species

Members of the genus Cuculus

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 31 species and subspecies in this genus:

C. canorus (Khasia Hills Cuckoo) · C. canorus canorus (Khasia Hills Cuckoo) · C. clamosus (Black Cuckoo) · C. clamosus clamosus (Black Cuckoo) · C. crassirostris (Sulawesi Hawk Cuckoo) · C. fugax (HodgsonÌs Hawk-Cuckoo) · C. fugax fugax (HodgsonÌs Hawk-Cuckoo) · C. fugax pectoralis (Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo) · C. gularis (African Grey Cuckoo) · C. lepidus (Sunda Cuckoo) · C. micropterus (Short-Winged Cuckoo) · C. micropterus micropterus (Short-Winged Cuckoo) · C. optatus (Oriental Cuckoo) · C. pallidus (Palid Cuckoo) · C. pallidus pallidus (Pallid Cuckoo) · C. pectoralis (Philippine Hawk-Cuckoo) · C. poliocephalus (Little Cuckoo) · C. poliocephalus poliocephalus (Little Cuckoo) · C. pyrrhophanus (Fan-Tailed Cuckoo) · C. rochii (Madagascar Lesser Cuckoo) · C. saturatus (Himalayan Cuckoo) · C. saturatus horsfieldi (Oriental Cuckoo) · C. saturatus saturatus (Oriental Cuckoo) · C. solitarius (Red-Chested Cuckoo) · C. solitarius solitarius (Red-Chested Cuckoo) · C. sparverioides (Large Hawk Cuckoo) · C. sparverioides sparverioides (Large Hawk Cuckoo) · C. vagans (Moustached Hawk Cuckoo) · C. variolosus (Brush Cuckoo) · C. varius (Common Hawk Cuckoo) · C. varius varius (Common Hawk Cuckoo)

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Further Reading

• A hand-list of British birds, with an account of the distribution of each species in the British Isles and abroad. By Ernst Hartert, F. C. R. Jourdain, N. F. Ticehurst and H. F. Withersby. London, Witherby, 1912. url p. 102, p. 223.
• Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Washington: Smithsonian Institution, -1965. url p. 378, p. 379.
• Ardea. Amsterdam, etc., Nederlandse Ornithlogische Unie, etc. url p. 43.
• British birds: descriptions of all the commoner species, their nests, and eggs / by F.B. Kirkman; illustrations by A.W. Seaby. London: Dodge Pub. Co., [1913] url p. 49.
• Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url p. 20.
• Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club. London: The Club, 1893- url p. 94.
• Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College. 81 1937 Cambridge, Mass.: The Museum, 1863- url p. 112.
• Central Asiatic Expeditions of the American Museum of Natural History, under the leadership of Roy Chapman Andrews: preliminary contributions in geology, palaeontology, and zoology / by R.C. Andrews. .. [et al.] [New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1926-1930]. url p. 580.
• Check-list of North American birds, New York, American ornithologists' union, 1910. url .
• Check-list of birds of the world. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1931-1987. url p. 18.
• Guide to the birds of Europe and North Africa. With a biographical memoir by William Eagle Clarke. London, Gurney and Jackson, 1923. url p. 165.
• Handlist of the birds of Egypt by M.J. Nicoll. Cairo, Government Press, 1919. url p. 45.
• Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. url p. 384, p. 386, p. 390, p. 458, p. 471, p. 52.
• The Auk. Washington, D.C.: American Ornithologists' Union, etc., 1884- url p. 510.
• The British nature book; a complete handbook and guide to British nature study, embracing the mammals, birds, reptiles, fish, insects, plants, etc., in the United Kingdom, by S.N. Sedgwick. .. Edinburgh, T.C. & E.C. Jack, Ltd., 1922. url p. 62.
• The Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. Bombay: The Society, url p. 410.
• The Scottish naturalist. Arbroath [etc.]T. Buncle & Co. [etc.] url , p. 184, p. 194.
• Types of birds in the Tring Museum. n. p., 1922? url , .

Notes

Contributors

• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed March 27, 2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 18, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
• Peterson, Alan P. Zoological Nomenclature Resource. Accessed June 19, 2009.

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 270277
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13903680
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 814106

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