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Cuculus Linnaeus 1758
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Johnny Wilson cc-by-nc-4.0
Cuculus is a genus of
birds
in the family
Cuculidae
.
EOL has data for
4 attributes
, including:
habitat includes
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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forest
URI:
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_01000174
Definition:
A forest biome is a terrestrial biome which includes, across its entire spatial extent, densely packed vegetation which strongly limits light penetration to the forest floor.
Comment:
Preliminary definition.
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number of public records in bold
URI:
http://eol.org/schema/terms/NumberPublicRecordsInBOLD
Definition:
number of records in this clade in the Barcode Of Life Database (BOLD)
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170
Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Cuculus Linnaeus 1758.
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Johnny Wilson cc-by-nc-4.0
Cuculus includes
11 children
:
Cuculus canorus Linnaeus 1758 (Common cuckoo)
Cuculus clamosus Latham 1801 (Black Cuckoo)
Cuculus crassirostris (Walden 1872)
Cuculus gularis Stephens 1815 (African Cuckoo)
Cuculus lepidus Müller & S 1845 (Sunda Cuckoo)
Cuculus micropterus Gould 1838 (Indian Cuckoo)
Cuculus optatus Gould 1845 (Oriental Cuckoo)
Cuculus poliocephalus Latham 1790 (Lesser Cuckoo)
Cuculus rochii Hartlaub 1863 (Madagascar Cuckoo)
Cuculus saturatus Blyth 1843 (Himalayan cuckoo)
Cuculus solitarius Stephens 1815 (Red-chested Cuckoo)
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