Yellow-throated Cuckoo / Chrysococcyx flavigularis
WBN 
Yellow-throated Cuckoo
SCI Name:
Protonym: Chrysococcyx flavigularis Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1879) (1879), Pt4 p.679 pl.50
Taxonomy: Cuculiformes / Cuculidae / Chrysococcyx
Taxonomy Code: yetcuc1
Type Locality: Elmina, Gold Coast Colony.
Author: Shelley
Publish Year: 1880
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CHRYSOCOCCYX
(Cuculidae; † African Emerald Cuckoo C. cupreus) Gr. χρυσος khrusos gold; κοκκυξ kokkux, κοκκυγος kokkugos cuckoo; "XXVIII. Fam. Cuculidae ... Chrysococcyx: Cuculus cupreus Lath. u. a." (Boie 1826); "Chrysococcyx Boie, Isis von Oken, 1826, Bd. 2, col. 977. Type, by monotypy, Cuculus cupreus Latham = Cuculus cupreus Shaw." (Peters, 1940, IV, p. 29).
Synon. Adamatornis, Adetococcyx, Lamprococcyx, Lampromorpha, Metallococcyx.
flavigularis
L. flavus yellow, golden-yellow; Mod. L. gularis throated < L. gula throat.
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)
