Chrysococcyx

Chrysococcyx
Klaas's cuckoo (Chrysococcyx klaas)
Scientific classification
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 comes from the Ancient Greek words χρυσος (khrusos), meaning "gold", and κοκκυξ (kokkux), meaning "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]

Image	Scientific name	Common Name	Distribution
	Chrysococcyx caprius	Diederik cuckoo	Sub-Saharan Africa and southern Arabia
-	Chrysococcyx cupreus	African emerald cuckoo	Sub-Saharan Africa
	Chrysococcyx flavigularis	Yellow-throated cuckoo	African tropical rainforest
	Chrysococcyx klaas	Klaas's cuckoo	Sub-Saharan Africa
-	Chrysococcyx maculatus	Asian emerald cuckoo	southern Himalayas, China and Indochina
	Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus	Violet cuckoo	northeast India and Southeast Asia

References

1. Boie, Friedrich (1826). "Generalübersicht der ornithologischen Ordnungen, Familien und Gattungen". Isis von Oken (in German). 19. Cols 969–981 [977].
2. Peters, James Lee, ed. (1940). Check-list of Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 29.
3. Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p.  105. ISBN   978-1-4081-2501-4.
4. Christidis, Les; Boles, Walter E. (2008). Systematics and Taxonomy of Australian Birds. Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing. pp. 159–164. ISBN   9780643065116.
5. 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.