Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (36)
- Subspecies (3)
Robert B. Payne, Guy M. Kirwan, and Peter F. D. Boesman
Version: 2.0 — Published January 29, 2021
Revision Notes
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Senegalvleiloerie |
| Bulgarian | Сенегалски кукал |
| Catalan | cucal del Senegal |
| Croatian | crnoglavi kukal |
| Czech | kukačka senegalská |
| Danish | Sporegøg |
| Dutch | Senegalese spoorkoekoek |
| English | Senegal Coucal |
| English (United States) | Senegal Coucal |
| Estonian | rohu-kannuskägu |
| Finnish | afrikankukaali |
| French | Coucal du Sénégal |
| French (Canada) | Coucal du Sénégal |
| German | Spornkuckuck |
| Greek | Κουκάλ της Σενεγάλης |
| Hebrew | קוקל סנגלי |
| Hungarian | Szenegáli bozótkakukk |
| Icelandic | Sporagaukur |
| Japanese | セネガルバンケン |
| Latvian | Senegālas koukals |
| Lithuanian | Senegalinė pentinuotoji gegutė |
| Norwegian | senegalsporegjøk |
| Polish | kukal senegalski |
| Portuguese (Angola) | Cucal do Senegal |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Pássaro-governo |
| Romanian | Cuc de Senegal |
| Russian | Сенегальский кукаль |
| Serbian | Senegalski kukal |
| Slovak | ostrohár hrdzavý |
| Slovenian | Senegalski kukal |
| Spanish | Cucal Senegalés |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cucal senegalés |
| Swedish | senegalsporrgök |
| Turkish | Senegal Kukalı |
| Ukrainian | Коукал сенегальський |
| Zulu | ufukwe waseNyakatho |
Revision Notes
In this revision, Peter F. D. Boesman revised the Sounds and Vocal Behavior sections. Guy M. Kirwan revised all other sections with text.
Centropus senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766)
PROTONYM:
Cuculus senegalensis
Linnaeus, 1766. Systema Naturæ. Editio duodecima reformata. Tomus I [part 1], p.169.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Senegal.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2024
Definitions
- CENTROPUS
- senegala / senegalensis / senegalla / senegallensis / senegalli / senegallus
The Key to Scientific Names
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UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, misspellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
- Year-round
- Migration
- Breeding
- Non-Breeding
Distribution of the Senegal Coucal
