Petit’s Cuckooshrike / Campephaga petiti
WBN 
Petit's Cuckooshrike
SCI Name:
Protonym: Campophaga Petiti Ann.Sci.Nat.Zool.(6), 17 art.8 p.1
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Campephagidae / Campephaga
Taxonomy Code: petcus1
Type Locality: Landana.
Author: Oustalet
Publish Year: 1884
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CAMPEPHAGA
(Campephagidae; Ϯ Black Cuckoo-shrike C. flava) Gr. καμπη kampē caterpillar; -φαγος -phagos -eating < φαγειν phagein to eat (cf. French chenille caterpillar); "115. ECHENILLEUR (Le Vaillant). Campephaga. Bec court, un peu fléchi en arc, échancré et courbé à la pointe. — Bouche ample. — Doigts extérieurs réunis presque jusqu'au milieu. Esp. Echenilleur noir, Le Vaill. ... Campephaga [καμπη, eruca, φαγω, edo]." (Vieillot 1816); "Campephaga Vieillot, 1816, Analyse, p. 39, 69. Type, by monotypy, "Echenilleur noir" of Levaillant = Campephaga flava Vieillot." (Peters, 1960, IX, p. 204).
Var. Campophaga.
Synon. Ixos, Lanicterus.
petiti
Louis Petit (1856-1943) French naturalist, collector in Cabinda Enclave and the lower Congo 1876-1884 (Campephaga, syn. Euplectes hordeaceus, syn. Himantornis haematopus, subsp. Psalidoprocne pristoptera, syn. Pternistis squamatus).
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)
