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
- Family
- Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Great Spotted Cuckoo
- Described by
- (Linnaeus, C, 1758)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic 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.
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