Chrysococcyx

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Chrysococcyx
Klaas's cuckoo (Chrysococcyx klaas)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Chrysococcyx
Boie, F, 1826
Type species
Cuculus cupreus (African emerald cuckoo)
Shaw, 1792

Chrysococcyx is a genus of cuckoos in the family Cuculidae.

Taxonomy

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The 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 comes from the Ancient Greek words χρυσος (khrusos), meaning "gold", and κοκκυξ (kokkux), meaning "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]

Image Scientific name Common name Distribution
  Chrysococcyx caprius Diederik cuckoo Sub-Saharan Africa and southern Arabia
-  Chrysococcyx cupreus African emerald cuckoo Sub-Saharan Africa
  Chrysococcyx flavigularis Yellow-throated cuckoo African tropical rainforest
  Chrysococcyx klaas Klaas's cuckoo Sub-Saharan Africa
-  Chrysococcyx maculatus Asian emerald cuckoo southern Himalayas, China and Indochina
  Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus Violet cuckoo northeast India and Southeast Asia

References

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  1. ^ Boie, Friedrich (1826). "Generalübersicht der ornithologischen Ordnungen, Familien und Gattungen". Isis von Oken (in German). 19. Cols 969–981 [977].
  2. ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1940). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 29.
  3. ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 105. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
  4. ^ Christidis, Les; Boles, Walter E. (2008). Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing. pp. 159–164. ISBN 9780643065116.
  5. ^ 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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