Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus Scientific name definitions
- LC Least Concern
- Names (47)
- Monotypic
Janice M. Hughes
Version: 1.0 — Published March 4, 2020
Text last updated May 7, 2015
Text last updated May 7, 2015
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Species names in all available languages
| Language | Common name |
|---|---|
| Bulgarian | Жълтоклюна кукувица |
| Catalan | cucut becgroc |
| Croatian | žutokljuna kukavica |
| Czech | kukačka dešťová |
| Danish | Gulnæbbet Gøg |
| Dutch | Geelsnavelkoekoek |
| English | Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
| English (United States) | Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
| French | Coulicou à bec jaune |
| French (France) | Coulicou à bec jaune |
| German | Gelbschnabelkuckuck |
| Greek | Κιτρινόραμφος Κούκος |
| Haitian Creole (Haiti) | Ti Tako bèk jòn |
| Hebrew | קוקיה צהובת-מקור |
| Hungarian | Sárgacsőrű esőkakukk |
| Icelandic | Spágaukur |
| Italian | Cuculo americano |
| Japanese | キバシカッコウ |
| Lithuanian | Geltonsnapė amerikinė gegutė |
| Norwegian | gulnebbgjøk |
| Polish | kukawik żółtodzioby |
| Portuguese (Brazil) | papa-lagarta-de-asa-vermelha |
| Portuguese (Portugal) | Papa-lagarta-norte-americano |
| Romanian | Cuc cu cioc galben |
| Russian | Желтоклювая пиайя |
| Serbian | Žutokljuna američka kukavica |
| Slovak | kukavka dažďová |
| Slovenian | Rumenokljuni kukavec |
| Spanish | Cuclillo Piquigualdo |
| Spanish (Argentina) | Cuclillo Pico Amarillo |
| Spanish (Chile) | Cuclillo de pico amarillo |
| Spanish (Costa Rica) | Cuclillo Piquigualdo |
| Spanish (Cuba) | Primavera |
| Spanish (Dominican Republic) | Pájaro Bobo Pico Amarillo |
| Spanish (Ecuador) | Cuclillo Piquiamarillo |
| Spanish (Honduras) | Cuclillo Pico Amarillo |
| Spanish (Mexico) | Cuclillo Pico Amarillo |
| Spanish (Panama) | Cuclillo Piquiamarillo |
| Spanish (Paraguay) | Cuclillo alas rojizas |
| Spanish (Peru) | Cuclillo de Pico Amarillo |
| Spanish (Puerto Rico) | Pájaro Bobo Piquiamarillo |
| Spanish (Spain) | Cuclillo piquigualdo |
| Spanish (Uruguay) | Cuclillo Pico Amarillo |
| Spanish (Venezuela) | Cuclillo Pico Amarillo |
| Swedish | gulnäbbad regngök |
| Turkish | Sarı Gagalı Guguk |
| Ukrainian | Кукліло північний |
Coccyzus americanus (Linnaeus, 1758)
PROTONYM:
Cuculus americanus
Linnaeus, 1758. Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1, p.111.
TYPE LOCALITY:
Carolina, i.e. South Carolina.
SOURCE:
Avibase, 2023
Definitions
- COCCYZUS
- americ / americana / americanum / americanus
The Key to Scientific Names
Legend Overview
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 Yellow-billed Cuckoo
