Indian Cuckoo / Cuculus micropterus
WBN 
Indian Cuckoo
SCI Name:
Protonym: Cuculus micropterus Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1837) (1837), Pt5 no.60 p.137
Taxonomy: Cuculiformes / Cuculidae / Cuculus
Taxonomy Code: indcuc1
Type Locality: Himalayas.
Author: Gould
Publish Year: 1838
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CUCULUS
(Cuculidae; Ϯ Common Cuckoo C. canorus) L. cuculus cuckoo. "52. CUCULUS. Rostrum teretiusculum. Nares margine prominulæ. Lingua sagittata, plana, integra." (Linnaeus 1758); "Cuculus Linné, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, 1, 1758, p. 110. Type, by tautonymy, Cuculus canorus Linné (Cuculus, prebinomial specific name in synonymy.)" (Peters, 1940, IV, p. 14). Linnaeus's Cuculus comprised eight species (C. canorus, C. Persa, C. Vetula, C. glandarius, C. scolopaceus, C. niger, C. americanus, C. auratus). Together with the arrival of the Barn Swallow, the distinctive calls of the Common Cuckoo are traditionally and widely regarded as the harbingers of springtime throughout Europe.
Var. Cucculus, Cuculis, Cuculuc.
Synon. Coccyx, Edolius, Melanococcyx, Multivoculus, Nicoclarius, Notococcyx, Surniculoides, Versiculus.
micropterus
Gr. μικροπτερα mikroptera small-winged < μικρος mikros small; -πτερος -pteros -winged < πτερον pteron wing.
Micropterus
(syn. Tachyeres Ϯ Falkland Islands Steamer Duck T. brachypterus) Gr. μικροπτερα mikroptera small-winged < μικρος mikros small; -πτερος -pteros -winged < πτερον pteron wing; "VIIe Sous-Genre. MICROPTÈRE, micropterus. Bec court, presque conique, très haut à la base, à arête formant presque une ligne droite; narines médianes; tarses courts, réticulés, emplumés jusqu'aux genoux; ailes impropres au vol. Type: le CANARD AUX AILES COURTES, anas brachyptera, Lath., Quoy et Gaim., pl. 39, Zool. de l'Uranie, des îles Malouines; race-horse de Cook" (Lesson 1828).
SUBSPECIES
Indian Cuckoo (micropterus)
SCI Name: Cuculus micropterus micropterus
micropterus
Gr. μικροπτερα mikroptera small-winged < μικρος mikros small; -πτερος -pteros -winged < πτερον pteron wing.
Indian Cuckoo (concretus)
SCI Name: Cuculus micropterus concretus
concreta / concretus
Mod. L. concretus large, sturdy, strong < Med. L. concretus concrete < L. concretus hard, thickened < concrescere to grow.
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)
