Typical Old World Cuckoos
Cuculus
Cuculus is a genus of cuckoos which has representatives in most of the Old World, although the greatest diversity is in tropical southern and southeastern Asia. The genus name is from Latin Cuculus, "cuckoo"...
11 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 11 known species
Common Cuckoo
speciesCuculus canorus
Lesser Cuckoo
speciesCuculus poliocephalus
Oriental Cuckoo
speciesCuculus optatus
Indian Cuckoo
speciesCuculus micropterus
Red-chested Cuckoo
speciesCuculus solitarius
African Cuckoo
speciesCuculus gularis
Black Cuckoo
speciesCuculus clamosus
Himalayan Cuckoo
speciesCuculus saturatus
Madagascar Cuckoo
speciesCuculus rochii
Sunda Cuckoo
speciesCuculus lepidus
Sulawesi Cuckoo
speciesCuculus crassirostris
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1897.