Sulawesi Cuckoo / Cuculus crassirostris
Sulawesi Cuckoo
SCI Name:
Protonym: Hierococcyx crassirostris Ann.Mag.Nat.Hist.(4), 9 p.305
Taxonomy: Cuculiformes / Cuculidae / Cuculus
Taxonomy Code: suhcuc1
Type Locality: Northern Celebes.
Author: Walden
Publish Year: 1872
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.
crassirostra / crassirostre / crassirostris
L. crassus thick, heavy; -rostris -billed < rostrum beak.
● ex “Coucou à Gros Bec” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 214 (syn. Eudynamys scolopaceus).
● ex “Alouette à Gros Bec” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 193 (syn. Galerida magnirostris).
● ex “Thick-billed Grosbeak” of Latham 1783 (Oryzoborus).
● ex “Thick-billed Thrush” of Latham 1783 (‡syn. Turnagra capensis).
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)