Red-billed Malkoha
Red-billed Malkoha
Here the details of the Red-billed Malkoha named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Phoenicophaus Javanicus Trans.Linn.Soc.London(1), 13 p.178
Taxonomy: Cuculiformes / Cuculidae / Zanclostomus
Taxonomy Code: rebmal2
Type Locality: Java.
Author: Horsfield
Publish Year: 1821
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
ZANCLOSTOMUS
(Cuculidae; Ϯ Red-billed Malkoha Z. javanicus) Gr. ζαγκλον zanklon sickle, reaping hook; στομα stoma, στοματος stomatos mouth; "ZANCLOSTOMUS, Sw. (fig. 284. d, e) Bill much compressed its whole length. Gonys curved downwards. Culmen and upper mandible greatly curved; the basal margin considerably dilated. Wings, tail, and feet as in the last genus [Serisomus], but the lateral fore toes are nearly equal. Tropics of the Old World. Z. Javanicus. Horsf. Java." (Swainson 1837); "Zanclostomus Swainson, Classif. Bds., 2, June, 1837, p. 323. Type, by monotypy, Z. javanicus Horsf. = Phoenicophaus javanicus Horsfield." (Peters, 1940, IV, p. 54).
Var. Zanclostoma, Zandostomus, Xanclostomus, Xanthoclostomus.
● (Cuculidae; syn. Ceuthmochares Ϯ Chattering Yellowbill C. aereus flavirostris) "Subfam. 120. Phænicophæinæ. ... 15. ZANCLOSTOMUS, Sw. — 56. flavirostris, Sw." (Bonaparte 1854); "Zanclostomus Bonaparte, 1854 (not of Swainson, 1837), Conspectus Volucrum Zygodactylorum, p. 5. Type, by monotypy, Zanclostomus flavirostris Swainson, 1837." (JAJ 2019).
javanicus / javanus / javensis
Java, Dutch East Indies / Indonesia.
● ex “Sarcelle de Java” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 930 (syn. Anas falcata).
● ex “Calao Javan” of Levaillant 1801 (syn. Rhyticeros undulatus).
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)