Bornean Ground-Cuckoo / Carpococcyx radiceus
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Bornean Ground-Cuckoo
SCI Name:
Protonym: Calobates radiceus Pl.Col. livr.91 pl.538
Taxonomy: Cuculiformes / Cuculidae / Carpococcyx
Taxonomy Code: bogcuc1
Type Locality: Pontianak district, western Borneo.
Author: Temminck
Publish Year: 1832
IUCN Status: Near Threatened
DEFINITIONS
CARPOCOCCYX
(Cuculidae; † Bornean Ground Cuckoo C. radiceus) Gr. καρπος karpos fruit; κοκκυξ kokkux, κοκκυγος kokkugos cuckoo; the birds in this genus were formerly known as ‘fruit cuckoos’, but feed mainly on beetles and other insects; "*CARPOCOCCYX, n. Calobatesa, Temm. C. radiceus, (Temm.) n., Pl. col. 538. ... a Similar to a name used in Entomology." (G. R. Gray 1840); "Carpococcyx G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 56. New name for Calobates Temminck, not of Kaup. 1 .... 1 Gray renamed Calobates Temminck, because it was "similar to a word used in entomology"; he overlooked Calobates Kaup, apparently having in mind only Calobata Meigen, 1803, Diptera." (Peters, 1940, IV, p. 64).
Synon. Calobates.
radiceus
L. radius, radii rod, staff (i.e. bar). Specific name frequently emended to radiatus or radiosus (see Collar & Long, 1995, Forktail, 11, 143) (Carpococcyx).
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)
