Chrysococcyx

Chrysococcyx
	Klaas's cuckoo (Chrysococcyx klaas)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Cuculiformes
Family:	Cuculidae
Genus:	Chrysococcyx; Boie, F, 1826
Type species
	Cuculus cupreus (African emerald cuckoo); Shaw, 1792

Chrysococcyx is a genus of cuckoos in the family Cuculidae.

Taxonomy

The genus Chrysococcyx was erected by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1826 with the African emerald cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus) as the type species.^[1]^[2] The name Chrysococcyx combines the Ancient Greek χρυσος khrusos meaning "gold" and κοκκυξ kokkux "cuckoo".^[3]

A group of Australo-Papuan taxa that were formerly included in this genus are now placed in the genus Chalcites.^[4]

The genus contains the following species:^[5]

Diederik cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius)
African emerald cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus)
Yellow-throated cuckoo (Chrysococcyx flavigularis)
Klaas's cuckoo (Chrysococcyx klaas)
Asian emerald cuckoo (Chrysococcyx maculatus)
Violet cuckoo (Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus)

References

^ Boie, Friedrich (1826). "Generalübersicht der ornithologischen Ordnungen, Familien und Gattungen". Isis von Oken (in German). 19. Cols 969–981 [977].
^ Peters, James Lee, ed. (1940). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 29.
^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 105. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
^ Christidis, Les; Boles, Walter E. (2008). Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing. pp. 159–164. ISBN 9780643065116.
^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Turacos, bustards, cuckoos, mesites, sandgrouse". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 31 August 2024.