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Common Cuckoo / Cuculus canorus LC
- Synonyms European Cuckoo, Eurasian Cuckoo, Gray Eurasian Cuckoo, Kamtschatkan Cuckoo, Grey European Cuckoo, Gray European Cuckoo, Grey Cuckoo, Grey Eurasian Cuckoo, Cuckoo, Khasia Hills Cuckoo, Common Northern Cuckoo, Gray Cuckoo
Common Cuckoobird sounds *
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Related species
Indian Cuckoo
African Cuckoo
Red-chested Cuckoo
Sunda Cuckoo
Madagascar Cuckoo
Sulawesi Cuckoo
Black Cuckoo
Himalayan Cuckoo
Where to see Common Cuckoo
- Breeding region Eurasia
- Breeding subregion widespread
- Non breeding region OR, AF
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Andorra
- Angola
- Armenia
- Australia
- Austria
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belarus
- Belgium
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cabo Verde
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- China
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands
- Comoros
- Congo
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Denmark
- Djibouti
- Egypt
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Eswatini
- Ethiopia
- Faroe Islands
- Finland
- France
- French Southern Territories
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greece
- Greenland
- Guadeloupe
- Guernsey
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Hong Kong
- Hungary
- Iceland
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Jersey
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kuwait
- Kyrgyzstan
- Laos
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Macao
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Malta
- Mauritania
- Micronesia (Federated States of)
- Moldova
- Monaco
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Netherlands
- Niger
- Nigeria
- North Korea
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine, State of
- Poland
- Portugal
- Qatar
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- San Marino
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Saudi Arabia
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- South Sudan
- Spain
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Syria
- Taiwan
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Togo
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- United Arab Emirates
- United Kingdom
- United States Minor Outlying Islands
- United States of America
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
- Western Sahara
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
- Åland Islands
Common Cuckoo subspecies (4)
| Subspecies | Breeding subregion | Nonbreeding subregion | Extinct |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cuculus canorus bakeri | w China and n India to s China and nw Thailand | ne India and se Asia | No |
| Cuculus canorus bangsi | Iberian Pen., Balearic Is. and nw Africa | Africa | No |
| Cuculus canorus canorus | Europe and the Middle East to Kamchatka, Japan and n China | to s Africa and s Asia | No |
| Cuculus canorus subtelephonus | Turkmenistan to s Mongolia | s Asia and Africa | No |
Species Name in Other Languages
| Language | Translation |
|---|---|
| Abkhazian | аКӘыкәу, аКуку |
| Afrikaans | Europese Koekoek |
| Albanian | qyqja |
| Arabic | الوقواق أم الحمام، سمساح, وقواق شائع, الوقواق المألوف, أم الحمام، سمساح, الوقواق |
| Armenian | Սովորական Կկու, [Sovorakan Kku ] |
| Azerbaijani | Ququ quşu, adi ququ quşu, Adi ququ |
| Bashkir | кәкүк, күке, какүк , ябай кәкүк |
| Basque | Kuku arrunt (Kuku), kuku, Kukua, Cucut |
| Belarusian | зязюля, Зязюля звычайная, ziaziula, Звычайная зязюля |
| Bengali | াচত াচয়া, পাতি পাপিয়া |
| Breton | Ar goukoug Eurazia, koukoug, Koukoug-Eurazia |
| Bulgarian | Обикновена кукувица, obiknovena kukuvica |
| Catalan | cucut comú, Cucui, Tórtola, Cucut |
| Chinese | 大杜鹃, [dujuan], [bugu-niao], 喀咕, 鸤鸠, [guogong], [da dujuan], 郭公, 大杜鵑, 布谷鸟, 布谷, 杜鹃, [bugu] |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 鳲鳩, 郭公, 杜鵑, 喀咕, 布穀鳥, 大杜鵑, 布穀 |
| Chuvash | Ахаль куккук |
| Cornish | Durenn, kog, Cok, koukou |
| Croatian | kukavica, Obična kukavica |
| Czech | kukačka obecná, Kukacka obecná, kukaèka obecná, kukačka |
| Danish | Gøg |
| Dutch | Koekoek |
| Esperanto | kukolo, kukulo |
| Estonian | kägu |
| Faroese | geykur |
| Finnish | käki |
| French | Coucou d'Europe, coucou, Coucou gris |
| Frisian | koekoek |
| Galician | cuco común, Rula Común, Cucut, Cuco |
| Georgian | გუგული |
| German | Kuckuck |
| Greek | κοϋκος, (Ευρωπαϊκός) Κούκος, Κούκος, Κoύκoς, koukοs |
| Guarani | Jeruti |
| Hebrew | קוקיה אירופית, קוקייה אירופית, קוקיה אירופאית |
| Hungarian | kakukk |
| Icelandic | Gaukur |
| Indonesian | Burung Kangkok Erasia, Kangkok erasia |
| Irish | cuco, cuach |
| Italian | Turtureina, Cuculo, Cuculo eurasiatico |
| Japanese | カッコウドリ, カッコウ, カンコドリ, ガッポウドリ |
| Kazakh | Кәдімгі кєкек, кәдуілгі көкек, кәдімгі көкек |
| Korean | 뻐꾸기 |
| Latvian | dzeguze |
| Lithuanian | gegutė, Gegužė, Giegutė, Kukūžė, Gegute, paprastoji gegutė |
| Luxembourgish | Guckuck |
| Macedonian | кукавица, kukavica |
| Malayalam | കുക്കൂ കുയിൽ |
| Maltese | daqquqiet, daqquqa, daqquqa kaħla, Daqquqa Kahla |
| Manx | cooag |
| Mongolian | ханамал хөхөө, эрээн хөхөө, Хөхөө, бэсрэг хөхөө, Эгэл хөхөө |
| Nepali | कुक्कु कोइली |
| Northern Sami | Giehka |
| Norwegian | gjøk |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Gauk |
| Occitan | Tortora, coguol |
| Persian | کوکوی معمولی |
| Polish | Kukułka czubata, kukułka zwyczajna, kukulka, kukułka (zwyczajna), kukułka, Kukulka czubata |
| Portuguese | cuco, cuco-canoro, Cuco-canoro, cuco canoro |
| Romanian | kukuriezo, chuhuriezo kukuriashka, Cuc, chuhuriashka, cuc |
| Romansh | cucu, Turturella |
| Russian | Кукушка, Obyknovennaya Kukushka, Кукушка обыкновенная, Обыкновенная кукушка, obyknovennaja kukuška |
| Sardinian | puzone de ‘ide, cucuperra-i, cucumarei, pacheddu, Cucu, Cucui, cucuevvai, Cuccheddu, Cucuperrai, Cucuperra, cucu-i, Paccheddu |
| Serbian | Obična kukavica, obicna kukavica, кукавица, kukavica |
| Slovak | kukučka jarabá, Kukačka obyčajná, kukučka obyčajná, kukučka |
| Slovenian | kukavica, navadna kukavica |
| Somali | Ceelaljoog |
| Spanish | Cuco Europeo, Cuclillo Europeo, Cuco, Cuco común |
| Swahili | Kekeo wa Ulaya |
| Swedish | gök |
| Tajik | кукои оддӣ |
| Tatar | күкеләр, кәккүге, кәккүкләр, күкесе, күке, кәккүк |
| Thai | นกคัคคูพันธุ์ยุโรป |
| Turkish | Кәдімгі көкек, Guguk |
| Turkmen | guguk, ikatýok, adaty ikatýok |
| Ukrainian | zozulja, Звичайна зозуля, зозуля звичайна, зозуля |
| Uzbek | какку қуш, какку, оддий какку, кулранг какку |
| Vietnamese | Chim Cu cu, Chim Cu cu thông thường, Cu cu |
| Welsh | Cwcw, Cethlydd, cog, Gwcw, Côg, Y gog |