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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Cuculidae
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from IOC World Bird List
Cuculidae
Recognized by Eswatini Species List, Jordan Species List, Afghanistan Species List, Egypt Species List, AnAge articles, INBio, IABIN, Afghanistan Species List, Albania Species List, Algeria Species List, Andorra Species List, Angola Species List, Armenia Species List, Austria Species List, Azerbaijan Species List, Antigua and Barbuda Species List, Bailiwick of Jersey Species List, Bangladesh Species List, Barbados Species List, Belarus Species List, Australia Species List, Belize Species List, Benin Species List, Bermuda Species List, Bhutan Species List, Belgium Species List, Bolivia Species List, Bosnia and Herzegovina Species List, Botswana Species List, Brazil Species List, Brunei Species List, Bulgaria Species List, Burkina Faso Species List, Burundi Species List, Cambodia Species List, Cameroon Species List, Canada Species List, Cayman Islands Species List, Central African Republic Species List, Chad Species List, Chile Species List, China Species List, Christmas Island Species List, Cocos Islands Species List, Colombia Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Croatia Species List, Curacao Species List, Cyprus Species List, Czech Republic Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Denmark Species List, Djibouti Species List, Dominica Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Ecuador Species List, El Salvador Species List, Equatorial Guinea Species List, Eritrea Species List, Estonia Species List, British Virgin Islands Species List, Ethiopia Species List, Fiji Species List, Finland Species List, France Species List, French Guiana Species List, French Polynesia Species List, Gabon Species List, Gambia Species List, Georgia Species List, Germany Species List, Ghana Species List, Greece Species List, Grenada Species List, Guadeloupe Species List, Guatemala Species List, Guernsey Species List, Guinea Bissau Species List, Guinea Species List, Guyana Species List, Haiti Species List, Honduras Species List, Hong Kong Species List, Hungary Species List, Iceland Species List, India Species List, Iran Species List, Iraq Species List, Ireland Species List, Isle of Man Species List, Israel Species List, Italy Species List, Ivory Coast Species List, Jamaica Species List, Kazakhstan Species List, Kenya Species List, Kosovo Species List, Kuwait Species List, Kyrgyzstan Species List, Laos Species List, Latvia Species List, Lesotho Species List, Liberia Species List, Lithuania Species List, Luxembourg Species List, Macau Species List, Macedonia Species List, Madagascar Species List, Malawi Species List, Malaysia Species List, Maldives Species List, Mali Species List, Marshall Islands Species List, Mauritania Species List, Moldova Species List, Monaco Species List, Mongolia Species List, Montenegro Species List, Montserrat Species List, Morocco Species List, Myanmar Species List, Namibia Species List, Nepal Species List, New Caledonia Species List, New Zealand Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Niger Species List, Nigeria Species List, Norfolk Island Species List, North Korean Species List, Norway Species List, Oman Species List, Pakistan Species List, Palau Species List, Palestine Species List, Panama Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Peru Species List, Paraguay Species List, Philippines Species List, Poland Species List, Portugal Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Qatar Species List, Republic of the Congo Species List, Romania Species List, Russia Species List, Rwanda Species List, Saint Kitts and Nevis Species List, Saint Lucia Species List, Saint Martin Species List, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Species List, Samoa Species List, Sao Tome and Principe Species List, Saudi Arabia Species List, Senegal Species List, Serbia Species List, Seychelles Species List, Sierra Leone Species List, Singapore Species List, Slovakia Species List, Slovenia Species List, Solomon Islands Species List, Somalia Species List, South Korea Species List, South Sudan Species List, South Africa Species List, Spain Species List, Sudan Species List, Suriname Species List, Sweden Species List, Switzerland Species List, Syria Species List, Taiwan Species List, Tanzania Species List, Thailand Species List, The Bahamas Species List, The Netherlands Species List, Tibet Species List, Timor Leste Species List, Sri Lanka Species List, Togo Species List, Tunisia Species List, Turkey Species List, Turkmenistan Species List, Turks and Caicos Islands Species List, Uganda Species List, Ukraine Species List, United Arab Emirates Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Venezuela Species List, Vietnam Species List, Uruguay Species List, US Virgin Islands Species List, Uzbekistan Species List, Vanuatu Species List, Yemen Species List, Zambia Species List, Zimbabwe Species List, Argentina Species List, Japan Species List, Cuba Species List, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Andaman Sea Species List, Arabian Sea Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Bali Sea Species List, Arctic Ocean Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Celebes Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Flores Sea Species List, Gulf of Guinea Species List, Gulf of Thailand Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Java Sea Species List, Laccadive Sea Species List, Makassar Strait Species List, Malacca Strait Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, Persian Gulf Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Singapore Strait Species List, South China Sea Species List, Sulu Sea Species List, Southern Ocean Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, Furui 2020, OBIS environmental data records, Wright Et Al 2014, Timor Sea Species List, GBIF national node type records Germany, United States Species List, and Flickr BHL

Alternative Names

? californiana Lesson, 1829
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Coccycua Lesson 1830
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Dynamopteryx Gaillard 1939
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Edolius Lesson 1830
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Heteroscenes Cabanis & Heine 1863
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Hierococcyx
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Neococcyx Weigel 1963
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Owenavis Mathews 1912
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Poliococcyx Sharpe 1873
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Polophilus Leach 1814
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Rhamphococcyx Cabanis & Heine 1863
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Rhinococcyx Sharpe 1873
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Urodynamys Salvadori 1880
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

cuckoos, roadrunners, and relatives preferred

Afrikaans

Koekoeke preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arabic

وقواقية preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bashkir

Кәкүк preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Belarusian

Зязюлевыя preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bengali

কোকিল preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Bulgarian

кукувицови preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Burmese

မိုးဆောင်းငှက် preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Catalan; Valencian

Cucúlid preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Cebuano

Pitupit preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chechen

Бебу preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chinese

杜鹃科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Chuvash

Куккук евĕрлисем preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Croatian

Prave kukavice preferred
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Czech

kukačkovití preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Danish

Gøge preferred
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Dutch; Flemish

Koekoeken preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Esperanto

Kukoledoj preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Estonian

Kägulased preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Ewe

Tɔlem preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Finnish

Käet preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names and admin

Galician

Cucúlidos preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Georgian

გუგულისებრნი preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

German

Kuckucke preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Greek, Modern (1453-)

Κοκκυγίδες preferred
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Hebrew

קוקייתיים preferred
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Hindi

कोयल preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Hungarian

kakukkfélék preferred
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Icelandic

Gaukar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Irish

cuach preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Japanese

カッコウ科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020, Wikidata Common Names, and admin

Kabardian Circassian

КӀыгуугу лъэпкъыр preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kannada

ಕೋಗಿಲೆ preferred
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Kashmiri

کُکِل preferred
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Kazakh

Көкектер preferred
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Korean

뻐꾸기과 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Latvian

dzegužu dzimta preferred
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Lingua Franca Nova

Cuculiformo preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Lithuanian

Gegutiniai preferred
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Macedonian

кукавици preferred
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Maithili

कोइली preferred
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Min Dong

Dô-giŏng preferred
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Moksha

Куку preferred
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Navajo; Navaho

Naatsédlózii dóó bikʼéí preferred
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Nepali

कोइली preferred
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North Frisian

Kukütjen preferred
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Norwegian

gaukefamilien preferred
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gjøkfamilien preferred
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Ossetian; Ossetic

Гаккук preferred
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Persian

کوکو preferred
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Polish

kukułkowate preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Russian

кукушковые preferred
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Rusyn

Зозулёвы preferred
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Sakha

Кэҕэлэр уустара preferred
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Santali

ᱠᱚᱭᱮᱞ preferred
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Serbian

кукавица preferred
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Shambala

Kukavica preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Sinhalese

කෝකිලයෝ preferred
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Sundanese

Incuing preferred
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Swahili

Kekeo preferred
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Swedish

Gökar preferred
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Tamil

குயில் (குடும்பம்) preferred
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Tibetan

ཁུ་བྱུག preferred
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Turkish

Gugukgiller preferred
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Uighur; Uyghur

كاككۇك گۈلى preferred
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Ukrainian

зозулеві preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Vietnamese

Họ Cu cu preferred
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Welsh

Cogau preferred
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Western Frisian

Koekoekfûgels preferred
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Wu

杜鹃科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Arz

وقواقيه preferred
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Bxr

Хүхы preferred
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Diq

Phepug preferred
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Lzh

杜鵑 preferred
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Pnb

کوئل ٹبر preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Tcy

ಕೋಗಿಲೆ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Yue

杜鵑 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Cuculidae

GBIF classification

IUCN

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