Lesser Cuckoo
Cuculus poliocephalusLatham, J, 1790
English (US) Lesser Cuckoo
The Lesser Cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) 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: breeds southern and eastern Asia; winters peninsular India, Sri Lanka, and eastern AfricaRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Cuculus poliocephalus
- Family
- Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Lesser Cuckoo
- Described by
- Latham, J, 1790
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- Described by
- Latham, J, 1790
- Type locality
- India.
- Original description
- Index ornithologicus, sive systema ornithologiæ; complectens avium divisionem in classes, ordines, genera, species, ipsarumque varietates: adjectis synonymis, locis, descriptionibus, &c. 1 p.214
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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