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Cuculus
Linnaeus, 1758
(bird)
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Entity:
Cuculinae (Subfamily)
..Cacomantis (Genus)
..Caliechthrus (Genus)
..Cercococcyx (Genus)
..Chrysococcyx (Genus)
..Clamator (Genus)
..Eudynamys (Genus)
..Microdynamis (Genus)
..Pachycoccyx (Genus)
..Rhamphomantis (Genus)
..Scythrops (Genus)
..Surniculus (Genus)
..Urodynamis (Genus)
..Cuculus (Genus)
....Cuculus canorus (Species) - common cuckoo
....Cuculus clamosus (Species) - black cuckoo
....Cuculus crassirostris (Species) - Sulawesi hawk-cuckoo
....Cuculus fugax (Species) - Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo
....Cuculus gularis (Species) - African cuckoo
....Cuculus hyperythrus (Species)
....Cuculus micropterus (Species) - Indian cuckoo
....Cuculus pallidus (Species) - pallid cuckoo
....Cuculus pectoralis (Species)
....Cuculus poliocephalus (Species) - lesser cuckoo
....Cuculus rochii (Species) - Madagascar cuckoo
....Cuculus saturatus (Species) - Oriental cuckoo
....Cuculus solitarius (Species) - red-chested cuckoo
....Cuculus sparverioides (Species) - large hawk-cuckoo
....Cuculus vagans (Species) - moustached hawk-cuckoo
....Cuculus varius (Species) - common hawk-cuckoo
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 110.
Types
Type of
:
Cuculida
(Parvorder)
Ref:
B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993
: 44.
[implicit]
Type of
:
Cuculimorphae
(Superorder)
Sibley
et al.
, 1988
Ref:
B.L. Monroe Jr. & C.G. Sibley, 1993
: 44.
[implicit]
Type of
:
Cuculinae
(Subfamily)
Vigors, 1825
Variants
Unavailable name
:
Cuculus
(Genus)
nom. inval.
Synonyms
Including
:
Hierococcyx
(Genus)
Müller, 1842
Including
:
Pentoceryx
(Genus)
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
eigenlijke koekoeken
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