Madagascar Cuckoo / Cuculus rochii
WBN 
Madagascar Cuckoo
SCI Name:
Protonym: Cuculus rochii Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1862) (1862), Pt3 p.224
Taxonomy: Cuculiformes / Cuculidae / Cuculus
Taxonomy Code: madcuc1
Type Locality: Madagascar.
Author: Hartlaub
Publish Year: 1863
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.
rochii
Sampson Roch (1829-1906) British Army surgeon in the Crimea, India, Mauritius, Madagascar and Abyssinia (Cuculus).
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)
