Chrysococcyx is a genus of cuckoos in the family Cuculidae.
| Chrysococcyx | |
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| Klaas's cuckoo (Chrysococcyx klaas) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Genus: | Chrysococcyx Boie, F, 1826 |
| Type species | |
| Cuculus cupreus (African emerald cuckoo) Shaw, 1792
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Taxonomy
editThe genus Chrysococcyx was erected by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1826 with the African emerald cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus) as the type species.[1][2] The name Chrysococcyx combines the Ancient Greek χρυσος khrusos meaning "gold" and κοκκυξ kokkux "cuckoo".[3]
A group of Australo-Papuan taxa that were formerly included in this genus are now placed in the genus Chalcites.[4]
The genus contains the following species:[5]
- Diederik cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius)
- African emerald cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus)
- Yellow-throated cuckoo (Chrysococcyx flavigularis)
- Klaas's cuckoo (Chrysococcyx klaas)
- Asian emerald cuckoo (Chrysococcyx maculatus)
- Violet cuckoo (Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus)
References
edit- ^ Boie, Friedrich (1826). "Generalübersicht der ornithologischen Ordnungen, Familien und Gattungen". Isis von Oken (in German). 19. Cols 969–981 [977].
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1940). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 29.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 105. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Christidis, Les; Boles, Walter E. (2008). Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing. pp. 159–164. ISBN 9780643065116.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Turacos, bustards, cuckoos, mesites, sandgrouse". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
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