Dideric Cuckoo / Chrysococcyx caprius
WBN 
Dideric Cuckoo
SCI Name:
Protonym: Cuculus caprius TablePlanchesEnlum. p.40
Taxonomy: Cuculiformes / Cuculidae / Chrysococcyx
Taxonomy Code: didcuc1
Type Locality: Cape of Good Hope, ex Daubenton, PI. enlum., no. 657.
Author: Boddaert
Publish Year: 1783
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CHRYSOCOCCYX
(Cuculidae; † African Emerald Cuckoo C. cupreus) Gr. χρυσος khrusos gold; κοκκυξ kokkux, κοκκυγος kokkugos cuckoo; "XXVIII. Fam. Cuculidae ... Chrysococcyx: Cuculus cupreus Lath. u. a." (Boie 1826); "Chrysococcyx Boie, Isis von Oken, 1826, Bd. 2, col. 977. Type, by monotypy, Cuculus cupreus Latham = Cuculus cupreus Shaw." (Peters, 1940, IV, p. 29).
Synon. Adamatornis, Adetococcyx, Lamprococcyx, Lampromorpha, Metallococcyx.
caprius
L. cupreus coppery < cuprum copper.
● "657. Coucou verd doré a blanc, BUFF. XII. p. 42. BRISS. Ornith. o. Cuculus caprius mihi LINN. Gen . . . . o" (Boddaert 1783); "Recent authors have not adopted Mathews finding that the names of C. caprius Boddaert and C. cupreus Latham are identical, the former having been printed caprius in error; but I must admit, after studying Boddaert's paper, that I am of Mathew's opinion, this paper abounding in misprints, and the adoption of this reading obviates possible confusion of two very distinct species." (A. Roberts 1922) (Chrysococcyx).
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)
