Striped Cuckoo

SCI Name:  Tapera naevia
Protonym:  Cuculus naevius Syst.Nat.ed.12 ed.12 p.170
Taxonomy:  Cuculiformes / Cuculidae / Tapera
Taxonomy Code:  strcuc1
Type Locality:  Cayenne.
Author:  Linnaeus
Publish Year:  1766
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

TAPERA
(Cuculidae; Ϯ Striped Cuckoo T. naevia) Tupí name Taperá  home-living (bird), for a sort of swallow (cf. Tupí name Matim tapirera for a cuckoo whose cries represented the voices of the departed); "TAPERA Brasiliensis, Ett nytt Fogel-Slägte  .... Vid första påseendet skulle man anse den för en Caprimulgus, hvilket slägte äger en egen brokig beklädning och teckning på sine fjädrar; och vid närmare granskning skulle man lätt föreställa sig, att den i anseende till näbbet, borde föras till Pipra. Vid en nogare undersökning finner man dock lätt, att denne Fogel äfven så litet kan förenas med de nyssnämnde fogelslägten, som med Svalorna, i anseende till dess åt båda sidor hopkrammade näbb. Ibland Passeras bör den föras till de så kallade Curvirostres.  Character genericus blifver följande: Rostrum capite brevius, compressum. Mandibula superior convexa, longior, integra apice incurva." (Thunberg 1819) (OD per Björn Bergenholtz); "Tapera Thunberg, Götheborgs Kongl. Wett. och Witt. Samh. Nya Handl., 3, 1819, p. 1. Type, by monotypy, Tapera brasiliensis Thunberg = Cuculus naevius Linné." (Peters 1940, IV, 58).
Synon. Diplopterus.
● (syn. Progne Ϯ Brown-chested Martin P. tapera) Specific name Hirundo tapera Linnaeus, 1766; "PROGNEÆ  ...  11. Tapera, Bp.  40. pascuum, Wied. (tapera, L.  americana, Br.)" (Bonaparte 1859).

tapera
Tupí name Taperá home living (bird), for a sort of swallow; ex “Tapera” of Marcgrave 1648, and “Hirondelle de l’Amérique” of Brisson 1760 (cf. Galibi word tapiré  red or yellow, often applied to parrots) (Progne).

naevia
L. naevius  spotted, marked  < naevus  spot, blemish.
● ex “Aigle tacheté” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Aquila pomarina).
● ex “Calidris naevia” of Brisson 1760, “Maubèche tachetée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 365, and “Freckled Sandpiper” of Latham 1785, and Pennant 1785 (syn. Calidris canutus).
● ex “Larus cinereus fissipes, rostro et pedibus rufescentibus” of Marsili 1726, “Larus fissipes” of Albin 1731, and “Sterna naevia” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Chlidonias niger).
● ex “Petit plongeon” of Brisson 1760, and “Grey Speckled Diver” of Pennant 1768 (syn. Gavia stellata).
● ex “Gallinula melanopus” or “Rothknussel” of Willughby 1676 and Ray 1713, “Glareola naevia” of Brisson 1760, “Giarole” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Spotted Pratincole” of Latham 1785 (syn. Glareola pratincola).
● ex “Naevous Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (syn. Lalage montrosieri).
● ex “Fauvette tachetée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 581, fig. 3 (Locustella).
● ex “Boarina” of Aldrovandus 1599-1603, Ray 1713, and Willughby 1676, “Fig-eater” of Albin 1731-1738, and Latham 1783, “Curruca naevia” of Brisson 1760, “Fauvette tachetée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 581, fig. 3, and “Bouvier” of Salerne 1767 (syn. Locustella naevia).
● ex “Fauvette tachetée de la Louisiane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 752, fig. 1 (syn. Parkesia noveboracensis).
● ex “Wall-creeper of Surinam” of Edwards 1751, “Sittelle grivelée” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Spotted Nuthatch” of Latham 1781 (Sclateria).
● ex “Coucou tacheté de Cayenne” of Brisson 1760 (Tapera).
● ex “Pie-griêche tachetée de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 377 (syn. Tityra cayana).
● ex “Small Water-hen called Grinetta” of Willughby 1676, “Poliopus Gallinula minor” of Ray 1713, “Small Waterhen” of Albin 1738, “Porphyrio naevius” of Brisson 1760, “Grinette” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Grinette Gallinule” of Latham 1785 (syn. Zapornia parva).
● ex “Hoilotl” of Hernandez 1651, “Oenas mexicana” of Brisson 1760, and “Pigeon sauvage du Méxique” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Zenaida macroura).

SUBSPECIES

Striped Cuckoo (excellens)
SCI Name: Tapera naevia excellens
excellens
L. excellens, excellentis  remarkable, eminent  < excellere  to excel  < obsolescent cellere  to elevate.

Striped Cuckoo (naevia)
SCI Name: Tapera naevia naevia
naevia
L. naevius  spotted, marked  < naevus  spot, blemish.
● ex “Aigle tacheté” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Aquila pomarina).
● ex “Calidris naevia” of Brisson 1760, “Maubèche tachetée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 365, and “Freckled Sandpiper” of Latham 1785, and Pennant 1785 (syn. Calidris canutus).
● ex “Larus cinereus fissipes, rostro et pedibus rufescentibus” of Marsili 1726, “Larus fissipes” of Albin 1731, and “Sterna naevia” of Brisson 1760 (syn. Chlidonias niger).
● ex “Petit plongeon” of Brisson 1760, and “Grey Speckled Diver” of Pennant 1768 (syn. Gavia stellata).
● ex “Gallinula melanopus” or “Rothknussel” of Willughby 1676 and Ray 1713, “Glareola naevia” of Brisson 1760, “Giarole” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Spotted Pratincole” of Latham 1785 (syn. Glareola pratincola).
● ex “Naevous Fly-catcher” of Latham 1783 (syn. Lalage montrosieri).
● ex “Fauvette tachetée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 581, fig. 3 (Locustella).
● ex “Boarina” of Aldrovandus 1599-1603, Ray 1713, and Willughby 1676, “Fig-eater” of Albin 1731-1738, and Latham 1783, “Curruca naevia” of Brisson 1760, “Fauvette tachetée” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 581, fig. 3, and “Bouvier” of Salerne 1767 (syn. Locustella naevia).
● ex “Fauvette tachetée de la Louisiane” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 752, fig. 1 (syn. Parkesia noveboracensis).
● ex “Wall-creeper of Surinam” of Edwards 1751, “Sittelle grivelée” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Spotted Nuthatch” of Latham 1781 (Sclateria).
● ex “Coucou tacheté de Cayenne” of Brisson 1760 (Tapera).
● ex “Pie-griêche tachetée de Cayenne” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 377 (syn. Tityra cayana).
● ex “Small Water-hen called Grinetta” of Willughby 1676, “Poliopus Gallinula minor” of Ray 1713, “Small Waterhen” of Albin 1738, “Porphyrio naevius” of Brisson 1760, “Grinette” of de Buffon 1770-1783, and “Grinette Gallinule” of Latham 1785 (syn. Zapornia parva).
● ex “Hoilotl” of Hernandez 1651, “Oenas mexicana” of Brisson 1760, and “Pigeon sauvage du Méxique” of de Buffon 1770-1783 (syn. Zenaida macroura).