Oriental Cuckoo
Cuculus optatus - Coucou oriental
Systematics
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Order:
Cuculiformes
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Family:
Cuculidés
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Genus:
Cuculus
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Species:
optatus
Descriptor
Biometrics
- Size: 32 cm
- Wingspan: 51 à 57 cm.
- Weight: 73 à 156 g
Geographic range
Identification
Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus optatus) is a species of bird in the Cuculidae family.
Subspecific information monotypic species
Foreign names
- Coucou oriental,
- Cuco de Horsfield,
- cuco-oriental,
- Hopfkuckuck,
- Boskoekoek,
- Cuculo orientale,
- tajgagök,
- Taigagjøk,
- kukučka východná,
- kukačka eurasijská,
- Orient-gøg,
- idänkäki,
- cucut de Horsfield,
- kukułka syberyjska,
- mēmā dzeguze,
- Одноголосая кукушка,
- Kangkok ranting,
- ツツドリ,
- 北方中杜鹃,
- 北方中杜鵑〔遠東中杜鵑〕,
Threats - protection
IUCN conservation status
Extinct
Threatened
Least
concern
concern
Extinc
in the Wild
in the Wild
Near
threatened
threatened
Not
evaluated
evaluated
EX
EW
CR
EN
VU
NT
LC
NE
Sources of information
- Vol. 4 - Handbook of the Birds of the World, Josep del Hoyo-Andrew Elliott-Jordi Sargatal
- Avibase, Lepage Denis
- BirdLife International, BirdLife International
- THE AVIANWEB, Sibylle Faye
- Wikipédia, Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
- IOC World Bird List (v14.1), Gill, F and D Donsker (Eds). 2024-04-18.
Other sources of interest
- Accipitriformes
- Aegotheliformes
- Anseriformes
- Apodiformes
- Apterygiformes
- Bucerotiformes
- Caprimulgiformes
- Cariamiformes
- Casuariiformes
- Charadriiformes
- Ciconiiformes
- Coliiformes
- Columbiformes
- Coraciiformes
- Cuculiformes
- Eurypygiformes
- Falconiformes
- Galliformes
- Gaviiformes
- Gruiformes
- Leptosomiformes
- Mesitornithiformes
- Musophagiformes
- Nyctibiiformes
- Opisthocomiformes
- Otidiformes
- Passeriformes
- Pelecaniformes
- Phaethontiformes
- Phoenicopteriformes
- Piciformes
- Podargiformes
- Podicipediformes
- Procellariiformes
- Psittaciformes
- Pterocliformes
- Rheiformes
- Sphenisciformes
- Steatornithiformes
- Strigiformes
- Struthioniformes
- Suliformes
- Tinamiformes
- Trogoniformes