Klaas’s Cuckoo / Chrysococcyx klaas
WBN 
Klaas's Cuckoo
SCI Name:
Protonym: Cuculus Klaas Gen.Zool.[Shaw] 9 pt1 p.128
Taxonomy: Cuculiformes / Cuculidae / Chrysococcyx
Taxonomy Code: klacuc1
Type Locality: Cape Colony.
Author: Stephens
Publish Year: 1815
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.
klaas / klaasi / klaasii
Klaas (fl. 1784) Khoikhoi hunter and collector who accompanied the French explorer François Levaillant on his expeditions in South Africa; ex “Coucou de Klaas” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 212. “But we fully concur with those who censure the practice of naming species after persons of no scientific reputation, as curiosity dealers (Caniveti, Boissoneauti), Peruvian priestesses (Cora, Amazilia), or Hottentots (Klassi [sic])” (Strickland Code 1842) (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)
