Cuculidae
Хөхөөнийхөн
khökhöönikhöŋ

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The Mongolian name of the cuckoos is the onomatopoeic Хөхөө khökhöö or (less commonly) Хүхээ khükhee. An alternative name 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

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CUCULINAE
SCIENTIFIC & WESTERN		MONGOLIAN			EAST ASIAN			TURKIC
CUCULINI
Cuculus
Latin	English/Russian	Mongolian	Inner M	Other M	Chinese	Japanese	Korean	Kazakh	Turkish
Cuculus micropterus	Indian cuckoo Short-winged cuckoo Индийская кукушка	Жагар хөхөө ᠵᠠᠭᠠᠷ ᠬᠦᠬᠦᠭᠡ jagar khökhöö 'Indian cuckoo' (onomat.)	Шовшуур хөхөө ᠱᠣᠪᠰᠢᠭᠣᠷ ᠬᠦᠬᠦᠭᠡ shovshuur khökhöö 'cuckoo cuckoo' (onomat.) (31, 32)	Mongolia formerly: Бор шарга хөхөө ᠪᠥᠷᠣ ᠰᠢᠷᠭ᠎ᠠ ᠬᠦᠬᠦᠭᠡ 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.)
Cuculus canorus	Common cuckoo Eurasian cuckoo Cuckoo Обыкновенная кукушка	Эгэл хөхөө egel khökhöö 'common cuckoo' (onomat.)	Хөхөө ᠬᠦᠬᠦᠭᠡ khökhöö 'cuckoo' (onomat.) (31, 32)	Mongolia formerly: Хөхөө ᠬᠦᠬᠦᠭᠡ khökhöö 'cuckoo' (onomat.)	大杜鹃 (大杜鵑) dà dùjuān 'large cuckoo' Taiwan: (大杜鹃) 大杜鵑 dà dùjuān 'large cuckoo'	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	Himalayan cuckoo East Asian cuckoo Глухая кукушка	Ханамал хөхөө ᠬᠠᠨᠣᠮᠠᠯ ᠬᠦᠬᠡ khanmal khökhöö 'saturated cuckoo' (onomat.)	Бэсрэг хөхөө ᠪᠡᠰᠷᠡᠭ ᠬᠦᠬᠡ besreg khökhöö 'medium cuckoo' (onomat.) (32)	IM also: Эрээн хөхөө ᠡᠷᠢᠶᠠᠨ ᠬᠦᠬᠡ ereeŋ khökhöö 'variegated cuckoo' (onomat.) (31)	中杜鹃 (中杜鵑) zhōng dù-juān 'medium cuckoo' Taiwan: (中杜鹃) 中杜鵑 zhōng dù-juān 'medium cuckoo'	ツツドリ (筒鳥) tsutsu-dori 'tube bird' (cry resembles sound of hitting a tube or pipe) (shared with Cuculus optatus)	벙어리뻐꾸기 beongeori-ppeokkugi 'mute cuckoo' (onomat.)	Меңіреу көкек meñirew kökök 'imbecile cuckoo' (onomat.)
Cuculus poliocephalus	Lesser cuckoo Small cuckoo Малая кукушка	Хурган хөхөө ᠬᠣᠷᠠᠭᠠᠨ ᠬᠦᠬᠡ khurgaŋ khökhöö 'lamb cuckoo' (onomat.)	Өчүүхэн хөхөө ᠦᠴᠦᠬᠡᠨ ᠬᠦᠬᠦᠬᠡ öchüükheŋ khökhöö 'small cuckoo' (onomat.) (31, 32)		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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