General
This list should be regarded as being 'in beta'. Information is based on dictionaries and other sources. Many Kazakh, Turkish, and Korean glosses are highly tentative. Comments and corrections welcome.
The Mongolian name of the cuckoos is the onomatopoeic Хөхөө khökhöö or (less commonly) Хүхээ khükhee. An alternative name for the cuckoos is Шовшуур shovshuur or Шогшуур shogshuur.
The Buryat name is Хүхы khükhi.
Хөхөө сар khökhöö sar 'cuckoo month' is the month of May.
Species names
| CUCULINAE |
SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN |
MONGOLIAN |
EAST ASIAN |
TURKIC |
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Latin |
English/Russian |
Mongolian |
Former & Other M |
Chinese (incl. Taiwan) |
Japanese |
Korean |
Kazakh |
Turkish |
Cuculus micropterus
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Indian cuckoo
Short-winged cuckoo
Индийская кукушка |
Жагар хөхөө
jagar khökhöö
'Indian cuckoo' (onomat.) |
Бор шарга хөхөө
bor sharag khökhöö
'dun pale-yellow cuckoo' (onomat.) |
四声杜鹃
(四聲杜鵑)
sì-shēng dù-juān
'four-voiced cuckoo'
Taiwan:
(四声杜鹃)
四聲杜鵑
sì-shēng dù-juān
'four-voiced cuckoo' |
セグロカッコウ
(背黒郭公)
se-guro kakkō
'black-backed cuckoo' (onomat.) |
검은등뻐꾸기
geomeun-deung-ppeokkugi
'black-backed cuckoo' (onomat.) |
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Cuculus canorus
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Common cuckoo
or
Eurasian cuckoo
Cuckoo
Обыкновенная кукушка |
Эгэл хөхөө
egel khökhöö
'common cuckoo'
(onomat.) |
Хөхөө
khökhöö
'cuckoo' (onomat.) |
大杜鹃
(大杜鵑)
dà dùjuān
'large cuckoo'
Taiwan:
(大杜鹃)
大杜鵑
dà dùjuān
'large cuckoo'
Taiwan former official:
(布谷)
布穀
bùgǔ
'bùgǔ' (onomat.) |
カッコウ
(郭公)
kakkō
'cuckoo' (onomat., characters' meaning = 'city outer wall' + 'public') |
뻐꾸기
ppeokkugi
'cuckoo' (onomat.) |
Кәдімгі көкек
kädimgi kökök
'true cuckoo' (onomat.) |
Guguk
'cuckoo' |
Cuculus saturatus
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Himalayan cuckoo
Oriental cuckoo
Глухая кукушка |
Ханамал хөхөө
khanmal khökhöö
'saturated cuckoo' (onomat.) |
Ханамал хөхөө
khanmal khökhöö
'saturated cuckoo' (onomat.) |
中杜鹃
(中杜鵑)
zhōng dù-juān
'medium cuckoo'
Taiwan:
(中杜鹃)
中杜鵑
zhōng dù-juān
'medium cuckoo'
Taiwan former official:
(筒鸟)
筒鳥
tǒng-niǎo
'tube bird' |
ツツドリ
(筒鳥)
tsutsu-dori
'tube bird'
(cry resembles sound of hitting a tube or pipe) |
벙어리뻐꾸기
beongeori-ppeokkugi
'mute cuckoo' (onomat.) |
Меңіреу көкек
meñirew kökök
'imbecile cuckoo' (onomat.) |
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Cuculus poliocephalus
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Lesser cuckoo
Small cuckoo
Малая кукушка |
Хурган хөхөө
khurgaŋ khökhöö
'lamb cuckoo' (onomat.) |
Хурган хөхөө
khurgaŋ khökhöö
'lamb cuckoo' (onomat.) |
小杜鹃
(小杜鵑)
xiǎo dù-juān
'small cuckoo'
Taiwan:
(小杜鹃)
小杜鵑
xiǎo dù-juān
'small cuckoo' |
ホトトギス
(時鳥, 子規, 杜鵑, 不如帰, 郭公)
hototogisu
'hototogisu'
(written 1. 'time bird, 2. shiki (from Chinese), 3. token, from Chinese, 4. funyoki = better-go-back', 5. kakko, see Cuculus canorus above). |
두견이
dugyeoni
'dugyeoni' (from Chinese) |
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