Indian Cuckoo

Here the details of the Indian Cuckoo named bird below:

SCI Name:  Cuculus micropterus
Protonym:  Cuculus micropterus Proc.Zool.Soc.London(1837) (1837), Pt5 no.60 p.137
Taxonomy:  Cuculiformes / Cuculidae / Cuculus
Taxonomy Code:  indcuc1
Type Locality:  Himalayas.
Author:  Gould
Publish Year:  1838
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.

micropterus
Gr. μικροπτερα mikroptera  small-winged  < μικρος mikros  small; -πτερος -pteros  -winged  < πτερον pteron  wing.

Micropterus
(syn. Tachyeres Ϯ Falkland Islands Steamer Duck T. brachypterus) Gr. μικροπτερα mikroptera   small-winged  < μικρος mikros  small; -πτερος -pteros  -winged  < πτερον pteron  wing; "VII^e Sous-Genre. MICROPTÈRE, micropterus.  Bec court, presque conique, très haut à la base, à arête formant presque une ligne droite; narines médianes; tarses courts, réticulés, emplumés jusqu'aux genoux; ailes impropres au vol.  Type: le CANARD AUX AILES COURTES, anas brachyptera, Lath., Quoy et Gaim., pl. 39, Zool. de l'Uranie, des îles Malouines; race-horse de Cook" (Lesson 1828).

SUBSPECIES

Indian Cuckoo (micropterus)
SCI Name: Cuculus micropterus micropterus
micropterus
Gr. μικροπτερα mikroptera  small-winged  < μικρος mikros  small; -πτερος -pteros  -winged  < πτερον pteron  wing.

Indian Cuckoo (concretus)
SCI Name: Cuculus micropterus concretus
concreta / concretus
Mod. L. concretus  large, sturdy, strong  < Med. L. concretus  concrete   < L. concretus  hard, thickened  < concrescere  to grow.