Fan-tailed Cuckoo / Cacomantis flabelliformis
Fan-tailed Cuckoo
SCI Name:
Protonym: Cuculus flabelliformis Suppl.ind.orn. p.xxx
Taxonomy: Cuculiformes / Cuculidae / Cacomantis
Taxonomy Code: fatcuc1
Type Locality:
Author: Latham
Publish Year: 1801
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.
flabelliformis
Mod. L. flabelliformis fan-shaped < L. flabellum small fan < flabra breezes < flare to blow; formis shaped < forma shape.
● ex “Fan-tailed Cuckow” of Latham 1801 (Cacomantis).
SUBSPECIES
Fan-tailed Cuckoo (excitus)
SCI Name: Cacomantis flabelliformis excitus
excitus
L. excitus excited, aroused, alarmed < excitare to arouse < excire to excite.
Fan-tailed Cuckoo (flabelliformis)
SCI Name: Cacomantis flabelliformis flabelliformis
flabelliformis
Mod. L. flabelliformis fan-shaped < L. flabellum small fan < flabra breezes < flare to blow; formis shaped < forma shape.
● ex “Fan-tailed Cuckow” of Latham 1801 (Cacomantis).
Fan-tailed Cuckoo (pyrrophanus)
SCI Name: Cacomantis flabelliformis pyrrophanus
pyrrophanus
Gr. πυρρος purrhos flame-coloured, red < πυρ pur, πυρος puros fire; -φανης -phanēs showing < φαινω phainō to show.
Fan-tailed Cuckoo (schistaceigularis)
SCI Name: Cacomantis flabelliformis schistaceigularis
schistaceigularis
Late L. schistaceus slate-grey < schistus slate < L. lapis schistos fissile stone < Gr. σχιστος skhistos cloven < σχιζω skhizō to split; Mod. L. gularis of the throat < L. gula throat.
Fan-tailed Cuckoo (simus)
SCI Name: Cacomantis flabelliformis simus
simus
Gr. σιμος simos snub-nosed.
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)