Banded Bay Cuckoo / Cacomantis sonneratii
Banded Bay Cuckoo
SCI Name:
Protonym: Cuculus Sonneratii IndexOrn. 1 p.215
Taxonomy: Cuculiformes / Cuculidae / Cacomantis
Taxonomy Code: babcuc2
Type Locality: India.
Author: Latham
Publish Year: 1790
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CACOMANTIS
(Cuculidae; Ϯ Plaintive Cuckoo C. merulinus) Gr. κακομαντις kakomantis, κακομαντεως kakomanteōs prophet of evil < κακος kakos bad, ill-boding; μαντις mantis, μαντεως manteōs prophet. Heard calling from burial grounds at night, the Plaintive Cuckoo was regarded as a prophet of doom by the superstitious Javanese; "Dit bijgeloof berust op de gewoonte dezer vogels, van des morgens en des avonds in de schemering, en ook midden in den nacht, bij maanlicht, vaak hun eigenaardig zwaarmoedig stemgeluid te doen hooren, en zulks meestal op de begraafplaatsen, die, door hare eenzame ligging, op geringen afstand van de dorpen, de geliefkoosde verblijven dezer koekoeken zijn. Uit dien hoofde worden zij in het dagelijksche leven gemeenlijk Boerong tjelaka (ongeluksvogels) genoemd. ... Wij leveren hier van deze ongeluksprofeten (Cacomantis), die eene kleine groep vormen, welke zich onmiddellijk aan die der ware koekoeken aansluit, daar ook zij hunne eijeren in vreemde nesten leggen, een volledig overzigt. 1.) Cuculus flavus, Linn. Pl. enl. 814 ♂. ... 2.) C. sepulcralis, n. sp. ... 3.) C. tymbonomus, n. sp. ... 4.) C. fasciolatus, n. sp. ... 5.) C. lanceolatus, n. sp. ... 6.) C. lugubris, Horsf.." (S. Müller 1843); "Cacomantis S. Müller, Verh. nat. gesch. Nederl., Land-en Volkenk., pt. 6, 1843, p. 177, note. Type, by subsequent designation, Cuculus flavus Gmelin = Cuculus merulinus Scopoli. (Salvadori, Orn. Pap. delle Mol., 1, 1880, p. 331.)4 ... 4 Gray's 1855 designation of Cuculus inornatus Vigors and Horsfield [= Columba pallida Latham] is invalid, since that species was not one of the originally included species." (Peters, 1940, IV, pp. 22-23).
Var. Cacomantes.
Synon. Gymnopus, Ololygon, Penthoceryx, Polyphasia, Vidgenia.
sonnerati / sonneratii
Pierre Sonnerat (1748-1814) French naturalist, traveller (Cacomantis (ex "Petit Coucou des Indes" of Sonnerat 1782, and "Sonnerat's Cuckow" of Latham 1787), syn. Charadrius mongolus, Chloropsis, syn. Cracticus cassicus, syn. Dinopium psarodes, syn. Eupoda mongolus, Gallus, syn. Ninox superciliaris, syn. Psittacula eupatria (ex “Perruche à collier de l’isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Blue-collared Parrot” of Latham 1781)).
SUBSPECIES
Banded Bay Cuckoo (waiti)
SCI Name: Cacomantis sonneratii waiti
waiti
Walter Ernest Wait (1878-1961) British civil administrator, ornithologist, oologist in Ceylon (subsp. Cacomantis sonneratii).
Banded Bay Cuckoo (sonneratii)
SCI Name: Cacomantis sonneratii sonneratii
sonnerati / sonneratii
Pierre Sonnerat (1748-1814) French naturalist, traveller (Cacomantis (ex "Petit Coucou des Indes" of Sonnerat 1782, and "Sonnerat's Cuckow" of Latham 1787), syn. Charadrius mongolus, Chloropsis, syn. Cracticus cassicus, syn. Dinopium psarodes, syn. Eupoda mongolus, Gallus, syn. Ninox superciliaris, syn. Psittacula eupatria (ex “Perruche à collier de l’isle de Luçon” of Sonnerat 1776, and “Blue-collared Parrot” of Latham 1781)).
Banded Bay Cuckoo (malayanus)
SCI Name: Cacomantis sonneratii malayanus
malaya / malayana / malayanus / malayensis
Malaya < Malay Melayu Malays < Melaka Malacca (a powerful mediaeval sultanate). In ornithology the name can refer either to the Malay Peninsula or the Malay Archipelago (also known as the Indian Archipelago, Malaysia or the East Indies).
Banded Bay Cuckoo (fasciolatus)
SCI Name: Cacomantis sonneratii fasciolatus
fasciolata / fasciolatus
Med. L. fasciolatus bandaged < L. fasciola little band < dim. fascia band.
Banded Bay Cuckoo (musicus)
SCI Name: Cacomantis sonneratii musicus
musicus
L. musicus musical < Gr. μουσικος mousikos musical, harmonious < μουσικη mousikē music.
● ex “Musicien de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 706, fig. 2, and “Arada” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Cyphorhinus arada).
● ex “Drongear” of Levaillant 1805, pl. 167 (syn. Dicrurus adsimilis).
● ex “Faucon Chanteur” of Levaillant 1798, pl. 27 (syn. Melierax canorus).
● ex “Sénégali Chanteur” of Vieillot 1805 (syn. Ochrospiza leucopygia).
● "95. TURDUS. ... musicus. 4. T. alis subtus ferrugineis, linea superciliorum albicante. Fn. svec. 189 [= T. philomelos + T. iliacus]. Turdus simpliciter dictus viscivorus minor. Will. orn. 138. t. 37. Raj. av. 64. n. 2. Turdus musicus. Frisch. av. t. 27. f. 1. 2. Alb. av. I. p. 32, 33. t. 35, 34 [= T. iliacus]. Habitat in Europæ sylvis; nido ex luto. E summitatae arboris vere Lusciniam cantilena imitatur, Disseminator cum præcedentibus [T. iliacus] Juniperi." (Linnaeus 1758) (syn. Turdus iliacus, syn. Turdus philomelos).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)