Chalcites
| Chalcites | |
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| Shining bronze cuckoo (Chalcites lucidus) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Genus: | Chalcites Lesson, 1830 |
| Type species | |
| Cuculus plagosus Latham, 1801
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Chalcites is a genus of Australasian cuckoos in the family Cuculidae. They were formerly placed in the genus Chrysococcyx.
Taxonomy
[edit]The genus Chalcites was introduced in 1830 by the French naturalist René Lesson. The type species is, by tautology, Cuculus chalcites which is a junior synonym of Cuculus plagosus Latham, now considered to be a subspecies of the shining bronze cuckoo (Chalcites lucidus).[1][2] The genus name is from Ancient Greek χαλκιτης (khalkitēs) meaning "containing copper" or "coppery".[3]
The cuckoos in this genus were formerly placed with group of Afro-Asian cuckoos in the genus Chrysococcyx. They were moved to Chalcites based on differences in morphology and the lack of significant sexual dimorphism.[4]
The genus contains eight species:[4]
- Long-billed cuckoo, Chalcites megarhynchus
- Horsfield's bronze cuckoo, Chalcites basalis
- Black-eared cuckoo, Chalcites osculans
- Rufous-throated bronze cuckoo, Chalcites ruficollis
- Shining bronze cuckoo, Chalcites lucidus
- White-eared bronze cuckoo, Chalcites meyerii
- Little bronze cuckoo, Chalcites minutillus
- Pied bronze cuckoo, Chalcites crassirostris
References
[edit]- ^ Lesson, René (1830). Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique (in French). Paris: F.G. Levrault. p. 152 (livraison 2). Published in 8 livraisons between 1830 and 1831. For the publication date see: Dickinson, E.C.; Overstreet, L.K.; Dowsett, R.J.; Bruce, M.D. (2011). Priority! The Dating of Scientific Names in Ornithology: a Directory to the literature and its reviewers. Northampton, UK: Aves Press. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-9568611-1-5.
- ^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1940). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 30.
- ^ Jobling, James A. "Chalcites". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ a b 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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