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Great Spotted Cuckoo

Clamator glandarius(Linnaeus, C, 1758)

English (US) Great Spotted Cuckoo

The Great Spotted Cuckoo (Clamator glandarius) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cuculidae (Cuckoos) in the order Cuculiformes.

Range: southwestern Palearctic and sub-Saharan AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.

Scientific name
Clamator glandarius
IUCN Red List
Least Concern
English (US)
Great Spotted Cuckoo
Described by
(Linnaeus, C, 1758)

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Taxonomic history

First described as
Cuculus glandarius
Described by
(Linnaeus, C, 1758)
Type locality
Northern Africa and southern Europe; i.e. Gibraltar, ex Edwards, pi. 57.
Original description
Systema Naturæ per Regna Tria Naturæ, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. Tomus I. Editio decima, reformata 1 p.111

Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.

See all 156 species of the family Cuculidae