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Cuculus
Sign in to saveCuculus 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.
Species
Common Cuckoo
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassAves
- OrderCuculiformes
- FamilyCuculidae
南亞鷹鵑（Cuculus varius），未成熟。攝於印度海得拉巴。 杜鵑屬（Cuculus） 是杜鹃科中的一屬，在舊大陸中有不少物種，在南亞及東南亞尤為多樣。
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 134
- With media
- 38
- Family
- Cuculidae
- Collections
- RBINS-SCIENTIFIC HERITAGE, ANWC, CUMV, FMNH
- Recorded in
- Madagascar, India, Malaysia
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Taxonomy
- Species
- References
- Further reading
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.
==Taxonomy== The genus Cuculus was introduced in 1758 by the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus in the tenth edition of his Systema Naturae. The genus name is the Latin word for "cuckoo". The type species is the common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus).
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