Moluccan Cuckoo
Moluccan Cuckoo
Here the details of the Moluccan Cuckoo named bird below:
SCI Name:
Protonym: Cacomantis aeruginosus Ann.Mus.Civ.Stor.Nat.Genova 12 p.458
Taxonomy: Cuculiformes / Cuculidae / Cacomantis
Taxonomy Code: molcuc1
Type Locality: Buru, Amboina, Ceram = Buru, apud Hartert 1925, p. 166.
Author: Salvadori
Publish Year: 1878
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CACOMANTIS
(Cuculidae; Ϯ Plaintive Cuckoo C. merulinus) Gr. κακομαντις kakomantis, κακομαντεως kakomanteōs prophet of evil < κακος kakos bad, ill-boding; μαντις mantis, μαντεως manteōs prophet. Heard calling from burial grounds at night, the Plaintive Cuckoo was regarded as a prophet of doom by the superstitious Javanese; "Dit bijgeloof berust op de gewoonte dezer vogels, van des morgens en des avonds in de schemering, en ook midden in den nacht, bij maanlicht, vaak hun eigenaardig zwaarmoedig stemgeluid te doen hooren, en zulks meestal op de begraafplaatsen, die, door hare eenzame ligging, op geringen afstand van de dorpen, de geliefkoosde verblijven dezer koekoeken zijn. Uit dien hoofde worden zij in het dagelijksche leven gemeenlijk Boerong tjelaka (ongeluksvogels) genoemd. ... Wij leveren hier van deze ongeluksprofeten (Cacomantis), die eene kleine groep vormen, welke zich onmiddellijk aan die der ware koekoeken aansluit, daar ook zij hunne eijeren in vreemde nesten leggen, een volledig overzigt. 1.) Cuculus flavus, Linn. Pl. enl. 814 ♂. ... 2.) C. sepulcralis, n. sp. ... 3.) C. tymbonomus, n. sp. ... 4.) C. fasciolatus, n. sp. ... 5.) C. lanceolatus, n. sp. ... 6.) C. lugubris, Horsf.." (S. Müller 1843); "Cacomantis S. Müller, Verh. nat. gesch. Nederl., Land-en Volkenk., pt. 6, 1843, p. 177, note. Type, by subsequent designation, Cuculus flavus Gmelin = Cuculus merulinus Scopoli. (Salvadori, Orn. Pap. delle Mol., 1, 1880, p. 331.)4 ... 4 Gray's 1855 designation of Cuculus inornatus Vigors and Horsfield [= Columba pallida Latham] is invalid, since that species was not one of the originally included species." (Peters, 1940, IV, pp. 22-23).
Var. Cacomantes.
Synon. Gymnopus, Ololygon, Penthoceryx, Polyphasia, Vidgenia.
aeruginosa / aeruginosum / aeruginosus
L. aeruginosus rusty < aerugo, aeruginis copper rust.
● "41. FALCO. ... æruginosus. 24. F. cera fusca, corpore griseo, vertice gula axillis pedibusque luteis. Falco cera luteo-viridi, pedibus luteis, corpore ferrugineo, vertice fulvo. Fn. svec. 63. Milvus æruginosus. Will. orn. 42. t. 7. Raj. av. 17. Alb. av. I. p. 3. t. 3. Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758) (Circus).
● "44. PSITTACUS. ... æruginosus. 12. P. macrourus viridis, vertice remigibusque primoribus cæruleis. Psittacus minor, gutture fusco, occidentalis. Edw. av. 177. t. 177. Habitat in America. Cauda corpore brevior." (Linnaeus 1758) (subsp. Eupsittula pertinax).
SUBSPECIES
Moluccan Cuckoo (heinrichi)
SCI Name: Cacomantis aeruginosus heinrichi
heinrichi
Gerhardt 'Gerd' Hermann Heinrich (1896-1984) German/Polish field entomologist, zoologist, collector in Poland, the Balkans, East Indies, Burma, Iran, tropical Africa, Mexico, and North America (subsp. Aerodramus vanikorensis, syn. Cacomantis aeruginosus, subsp. Cataponera turdoides, subsp. Chloris spinoides, Cossypha, syn. Dryobates minor buturlini, syn. Falco peregrinus ernesti, Geomalia, subsp. Heleia squamiceps, subsp. Prinia bairdii, subsp. Scolopax celebensis, syn. Sturnus vulgaris caucasicus, subsp. Zosterops senegalensis).
Moluccan Cuckoo (aeruginosus)
SCI Name: Cacomantis aeruginosus aeruginosus
aeruginosa / aeruginosum / aeruginosus
L. aeruginosus rusty < aerugo, aeruginis copper rust.
● "41. FALCO. ... æruginosus. 24. F. cera fusca, corpore griseo, vertice gula axillis pedibusque luteis. Falco cera luteo-viridi, pedibus luteis, corpore ferrugineo, vertice fulvo. Fn. svec. 63. Milvus æruginosus. Will. orn. 42. t. 7. Raj. av. 17. Alb. av. I. p. 3. t. 3. Habitat in Europa." (Linnaeus 1758) (Circus).
● "44. PSITTACUS. ... æruginosus. 12. P. macrourus viridis, vertice remigibusque primoribus cæruleis. Psittacus minor, gutture fusco, occidentalis. Edw. av. 177. t. 177. Habitat in America. Cauda corpore brevior." (Linnaeus 1758) (subsp. Eupsittula pertinax).
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)