Lesser Cuckoo / Cuculus poliocephalus
Lesser Cuckoo bird information | Values |
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Conservation status | LC - Least concern |
Synonyms | Asian Small Cuckoo, Small Cuckoo, Asian Lesser Cuckoo, Asian Little Cuckoo, Little Cuckoo |
Old latin name for bird | Multivoculus poliocephalus |
Order | Cuckoos and relatives / Cuculiformes |
Family | Cuckoos / Cuculidae |
Genus | Cuculus |
Breeding region | Eurasia, Oriental Region |
Breeding subregion | se Siberia and Japan to s China, n se Asia and the Himalayas |
Non breeding region | India and e AF |
Lesser Cuckoo bird sounds *
* All sounds were found via Xeno-canto.org API
Related species

Sulawesi Cuckoo

Red-chested Cuckoo

African Cuckoo

Common Cuckoo

Sunda Cuckoo

Indian Cuckoo

Himalayan Cuckoo

Oriental Cuckoo

Black Cuckoo
Where to see Lesser Cuckoo
- Afghanistan
- Bangladesh
- Bhutan
- China
- Congo (the Democratic Republic of the)
- Hong Kong
- India
- Japan
- Kenya
- Laos
- Macao
- Malawi
- Mongolia
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Nepal
- North Korea
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Russia
- Seychelles
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Sri Lanka
- Taiwan
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Turkmenistan
- Uganda
- Uzbekistan
- Vietnam
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Lesser Cuckoo subspecies (0)
Translation
Language | Translation |
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Afrikaans | Kleinkoekoek |
Azerbaijani | kiçik ququ quşu |
Belarusian | Малая зязюля |
Bengali | হছাট াচয়া, ছোট পাপিয়া |
Catalan | Cucut petit, cucut menut |
Chinese | 点灯捉虼蚤, 小杜鵑, 小郭公, 小杜鹃 |
Chinese (Traditional) | 小杜鵑, 小郭公, 點燈捉虼蚤 |
Croatian | mala kukavica |
Czech | kukačka čínská, kukačka menší, Kukacka menší |
Danish | Lille Gøg |
Dutch | Kleine Koekoek |
Esperanto | Malgranda kukolo |
Estonian | väikekägu |
Finnish | pikkuhaukkakäki |
French | Petit Coucou d'Asie, Petit Coucou, Coucou à tête grise |
Frisian | Lytse koekoek |
Galician | Cuco pequeno |
German | Rötelkuckuck, Gackelkuckuck |
Greek | Μικρόκoυκoς |
Hungarian | kis kakukk |
Irish | Cuach bheag |
Italian | Cuculo minore |
Japanese | ショッコン, タソガレドリ, アヤメドリ, サナエドリ, ホトトギス, トウ, タオサドリ, シキ, イモセドリ, シデノタオサ, タマムカエドリ, ウヅキドリ, トケン, カンノウチョウ, タマサカドリ |
Korean | 두견이, 두견 |
Latvian | mazā dzeguze |
Lithuanian | mažoji gegutė |
Macedonian | Мала кукавица |
Malayalam | ചിന്നക്കുയിൽ |
Manx | Cooag veg |
Mongolian | Хурган хөхөө, Өцүүхэн хөхөө, өвөгт хөхөө |
Nepali | सानो कोइली |
Northern Sami | Uhcagiehka |
Norwegian | smågjøk, Smågjøk |
Norwegian Nynorsk | Smågauk |
Polish | kukulka mala, kukułka mała |
Portuguese | cuco-pequeno |
Romanian | Cuc mic |
Russian | Кукушка малая, Малая кукушка |
Serbian | Mala kukavica |
Slovak | kukučka malá |
Slovenian | Mala kukavica |
Spanish | Cuco Menor, Cuclillo Menor, Cuco chico |
Swahili | Kekeo Mdogo |
Swedish | smågök |
Thai | นกคัคคูเล็ก |
Turkish | Küçük Guguk |
Ukrainian | зозуля мала |
Uzbek | кичик какку |
Vietnamese | Cu cu nhỏ, Chim Cu cu nhỏ |
Welsh | Cog fechan Asia |