Philippine Drongo-Cuckoo / Surniculus velutinus
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Philippine Drongo-Cuckoo
SCI Name:
Protonym: Surniculus velutinus Trans.Linn.Soc.London(2), 1 p.320
Taxonomy: Cuculiformes / Cuculidae / Surniculus
Taxonomy Code: phidrc1
Type Locality: Malamaui, Philippines.
Author: Sharpe
Publish Year: 1877
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
SURNICULUS
(Cuculidae; Ϯ Square-tailed Drongo Cuckoo S. lugubris) Portmanteau of genera Surnia Duméril, 1805, owl (i.e. wicked, evil) and Cuculus Linnaeus, 1758, cuckoo (cf. French sournois deceitful; Coucou cuckoo); "It has three distinct notes, which it repeats in great regularity with a loud but not unpleasant voice, although by many natives it is considered as ominous of evil" (Horsfield 1824); "5.e Race. Les SURNICOUS; Surniculus. Bec mince, comprimé, faible; tarses très-courts, grêles, emplumés jusqu'au-dessous du genou; queue longue, très-étagée; ailes médiocres et pointues; narines arrondies, ouvertes, basales. 12. COUCOU LUGUBRE; Cuculus lugubris, Horsf. ... L'Awon-awon des Javanais. ... 13. COUCOU A TÊTE GRISE; Cuculus flavus, Gm. ... 14. COUCOU A VENTRE RAYÉ; Cuculus lineatus." (Lesson 1830); "Surniculus Lesson, Traité d'Orn., livr. 2, 1830, p. 151. Type, by subsequent designation, Cuculus lugubris Horsfield. (G. R. Gray, Cat. Gen. Subgen. Bds., 1855, p. 97.)" (Peters 1940, IV, 35).
Synon. Cacangelus, Pseudornis.
velutina / velutinus
Mod. L. velutinus velvety < French velouté velvety < velours velvet < Late L. velvettum velvet < L. vellus fleece.
SUBSPECIES
Philippine Drongo-Cuckoo (chalybaeus)
SCI Name: Surniculus velutinus chalybaeus
chalybaeus
L. chalybeius steely < Gr. χαλυβηιος khalubēios steely < χαλυψ khalups, χαλυβος khalubos steel.
Philippine Drongo-Cuckoo (velutinus)
SCI Name: Surniculus velutinus velutinus
velutina / velutinus
Mod. L. velutinus velvety < French velouté velvety < velours velvet < Late L. velvettum velvet < L. vellus fleece.
Philippine Drongo-Cuckoo (suluensis)
SCI Name: Surniculus velutinus suluensis
suluensis
Sulu Is., Dutch East Indies / Indonesia.
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)
