Pied Cuckoo

SCI Name:  Clamator jacobinus
Protonym:  Cuculus Jacobinus TablePlanchesEnlum. p.53
Taxonomy:  Cuculiformes / Cuculidae / Clamator
Taxonomy Code:  piecuc1
Type Locality:  Coromandel Coast, ex Daubenton, PL enlum., pi. 872.
Author:  Boddaert
Publish Year:  1783
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CLAMATOR
(Cuculidae; † Great Spotted Cuckoo C. glandarius) L. clamator, clamatoris  shouter  < clamare  to shout; "Schlüsse: Cuculus glandarius kann als europäischer Vogel nicht ausgeführt werden, da sich weder Glieder über noch unter ihm nachweisen lassen; auch scheint er gar nicht in die Gattung Kuckuk zu gehören, sondern eine eigene zu bilden, welche ich Straußkuckuk Clamator nenne, und die durch die starken Fußwurzeln und die Bildung der Nasenlöcher u. sich charakterisirt." (Kaup 1829); "Clamator Kaup, Skizz. Entw.-Gesch. Eur. Thierw., 1829, p. 53 [=p. 35 (= p. 53)].  Type, by original designation and monotypy, Cuculus glandarius Linné." (Peters, 1940, IV, p. 12).   
Synon. Cecractana, Cecractes, Edolius, Melanolophus, Oxylophus.
• (Phasianidae; syn. Pternistis † Cape Spurfowl P. capensis) Specific name Perdix clamator Temminck, 1815 (= syn. Pternistis capensis); "Genus PTERNESTIS, Wagler.  ...  Subgenus CLAMATOR, Blyth.   1495. CL. CAPENSIS.  SYN. Tetrao capensis, Gmelin.  Perdix clamator, Temminck.  Pheasant of Cape Colonists.   HAB. S. Africa." (Blyth 1849); "Clamator Blyth, 1849, Cat. Birds Mus. Asiatic Soc., p. 250.  Type, by monotypy and tautonymy, Perdix clamator Temminck, 1815 = Tetrao capensis Gmelin, 1789." (JAJ 2021).

clamator
● L. clamator or clamatoria  type of owl mentioned by Pliny as a bird of ill-omen; ex “Nacurutú chorreado” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 44 (Asio).
● L. clamator, clamatoris  shouter  < clamare  to shout (subsp. Psilopogon virens, syn. Pternistis capensis).

jacobin / jacobinus
The terms Jacobin and Dominican were applied as epithets to pied birds whose plumage mirrored the black and white vestments, hoods and cloaks of the Jacobin or Dominican friars.
● ex “Gros-bec de Java” or “Jacobin” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 139, fig. 3 (syn. Lonchura malacca) .
● ex “Coucou hupé de la côte de Coromandel” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 872, and “Jacobin huppé de Coromandel” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (Oxylophus).

SUBSPECIES

Pied Cuckoo (pica)
SCI Name: Clamator jacobinus pica
PICA
(Corvidae; Ϯ Eurasian Magpie P. pica) L. pica  magpie; "{Plumis basis rostri antrorsum incumbentibus, naresque tegentibus  {Rostro recto; apice deorsum inclinante:  {Rectricibus intermediis multo longioribus . . . . . Pica. Genus 15.   ...   **1. LA PIE.  Pica nigro-violacea; ventre & pennis scapularibus albis; imo dorso griseo; remigibus majoribus interius albis . . . . PICA" (Brisson 1760); based on "Pica" of Gessner 1555, Aldrovandus 1599-1603, and many other authors; "Pica Brisson, 1760, Orn., 1, p. 30. Type, by tautonymy, "Pica" = Pica pica, ibid., 2, p. 35 = Corvus pica Linnaeus." (Blake & Vaurie in Peters 1962, XV, 250). The bold and inquisitive Eurasian Magpie has been accused of decimating local passerine populations, especially in suburban environments.
Var. Rica.
Synon. Cleptes, Melanoleuca, Melanopica.

Pied Cuckoo (serratus)
SCI Name: Clamator jacobinus serratus
serratus
L. serratus  toothed like a saw  < serra  saw.
● ex “Crested Black Cuckow” of Latham 1782 (subsp. Clamator jacobinus).

Pied Cuckoo (jacobinus)
SCI Name: Clamator jacobinus jacobinus
jacobin / jacobinus
The terms Jacobin and Dominican were applied as epithets to pied birds whose plumage mirrored the black and white vestments, hoods and cloaks of the Jacobin or Dominican friars.
● ex “Gros-bec de Java” or “Jacobin” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 139, fig. 3 (syn. Lonchura malacca) .
● ex “Coucou hupé de la côte de Coromandel” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 872, and “Jacobin huppé de Coromandel” of de Buffon 1770-1785 (Oxylophus).