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Names and sources

Accepted Name Source
Cuculus optatus Gould, 1845
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Published in:Stanger, M., Clayton, M., Schodde, R., Wombey, J. & Mason, I. 1998, CSIRO List of Australian Verebrates: A Reference with Conservation Status, iii 124 pp., CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood
Synonym Source
Cuculus saturatus Hodgson, 1843 miscellaneous literature
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Published in:Junge, G.C.A. 1937, "Further notes on the birds of Simalur", Temminckia, vol. 2, 197-202 (misidentification)
Cuculus optatus belli Mathews, 1916 synonym
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Published in:Mathews, G.M. 1916, "In Proceedings of meeting of British Ornithologists' Club, May 10, 1916", Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club, vol. 36, 82-83 p83
Cuculus cantor Cabanis & Heine, 1863 synonym
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Published in:Cabanis, J. & Heine, F. 1863, Museum Heineanum. Verzeichniss der ornithologischen Sammlung des Oberamtmann Ferdinand Heine auf Gut St. Burchard vor Halberstadt, no. 4 (1), 229 pp., R. Frantz, Halberstadt p34
Cuculus saturatus synonym
Common Name Source
Oriental Cuckoo preferred
Oriental Cuckoo Australia Australia
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Oriental Cuckoo Australia Australia
Name Source
Cuculus optatus Gould, 1845 accepted
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Identifier Source
http://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/a59d59b3-a9b5-4e6a-ab0e-7602c447d50e Taxon unknown
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https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/957131a2-4122-4a1f-addd-e64d6bf2ef0d Scientific Name current
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https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/a59d59b3-a9b5-4e6a-ab0e-7602c447d50e Taxon Concept current
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urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:a59d59b3-a9b5-4e6a-ab0e-7602c447d50e Taxon LSID unknown
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https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/a59d59b3-a9b5-4e6a-ab0e-7602c447d50e Taxon current
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Classification

kingdom
ANIMALIA
phylum
CHORDATA
subphylum
VERTEBRATA
informal
Gnathostomata
class
AVES
order
CUCULIFORMES
family
CUCULIDAE
subfamily
Cuculinae
tribe
Cuculini
genus
Cuculus
species
Cuculus optatus
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