---
title: "Kukułka mała"
description: "Cuculus poliocephalus — Ptaki. The lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pl/animal/lesser-cuckoo
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Kukułka mała

> Cuculus poliocephalus — Ptaki. The lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae.

- Scientific name: *Cuculus poliocephalus*
- Category: `birds` (Ptaki)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 1756
- Wikidata: [Q495144](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q495144)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1902](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1902)

## Names

- en: Lesser Cuckoo
- de: Gackelkuckuck
- es: Cuco chico
- fr: Petit Coucou
- nl: Kleine koekoek
- pt: Cuco-pequeno
- pl: Kukułka mała

## Countries with the most observations

JP (102), IN (47), CN (44), KR (22), HK (11), BT (5), BD (4), NP (4), RU (4), TW (3)

## Summary

The lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae.
It is native to East Asia and the Himalayas; it winters to East Africa and Sri Lanka.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lesser_cuckoo

## Photo

![Kukułka mała](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/lesser-cuckoo/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stephen Matthews · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/286753102

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/lesser-cuckoo?lang=pl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).