Black Cuckooshrike / Campephaga flava
Black Cuckooshrike
SCI Name:
Protonym: Campephaga flava Nouv.Dict.Hist.Nat. 10 p.49 pl.164
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Campephagidae / Campephaga
Taxonomy Code: blkcus1
Type Locality:
Author: Vieillot
Publish Year: 1817
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CAMPEPHAGA
(Campephagidae; Ϯ Black Cuckoo-shrike C. flava) Gr. καμπη kampē caterpillar; -φαγος -phagos -eating < φαγειν phagein to eat (cf. French chenille caterpillar); "115. ECHENILLEUR (Le Vaillant). Campephaga. Bec court, un peu fléchi en arc, échancré et courbé à la pointe. — Bouche ample. — Doigts extérieurs réunis presque jusqu'au milieu. Esp. Echenilleur noir, Le Vaill. ... Campephaga [καμπη, eruca, φαγω, edo]." (Vieillot 1816); "Campephaga Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 39, 69. Type, by monotypy, "Echenilleur noir" of Levaillant = Campephaga flava Vieillot." (Peters, 1960, IX, p. 204).
Var. Campophaga.
Synon. Ixos, Lanicterus.
flava
L. flavus golden-yellow, gold-coloured, yellow.
● ex “Echenilleur Jaune” (= ♀) of Levaillant 1805, pl. 164 (Campephaga).
● "99. MOTACILLA. ... flava. 13. M. pectore abdomineque flavo, rectricibus duabus lateralibus dimidiato oblique albis. Fn. svec. 215. Motacilla flava. Gesn. av. 618. Aldr. orn. l. 17. c. 24. Will. orn. 172. t. 68. Raj. av. 75. n. 2. Alb. av. 2. p. 54. t. 58. Frisch. av. . t. 23. f. 3. Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758) (Motacilla).
● ex “Habia amarilla” (= ♀) of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 87 (Piranga).
● ex “Bruant du Brésil” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 321, fig. 1, and “Chúy” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 133 (syn. Sicalis flaveola pelzelni).
● ex “Guira-perea” of Marcgrave 1648, “Guiraperea” of Willughby 1676, and Ray 1713, “Tangara jaune du Brésil” of Brisson 1760, and “Yellow Tanager” of Latham 1783 (Tangara).
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)