Coccycua
Appearance
Coccycua | |
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Ash-colored cuckoo(Coccycua cinerea) | |
Scientific classification![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Cuculiformes |
Family: | Cuculidae |
Genus: | Coccycua Lesson,1830 |
Type species | |
Cuculus monachus[1] Lesson, 1830
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Species | |
3, see text | |
Synonyms | |
Numerous, see text |
Coccycuais a smallgenusof birds in thecuckoofamily, Cuculidae. Its three species are found in the tropicalAmericas.
Formerly, they were divided among inCoccyzus(two species) andPiaya(one species), or the former were assigned toMicrococcyxand only the latter toCoccycua.Following the discovery that they form amonophyleticlineage equidistant to both related genera,Coccycuahas been revalidated.
Species
[edit]The species are:
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Coccycua minuta | Little cuckoo | Panama, Trinidad & Tobago, Tumbes-Chocó-Magdalena, Amazon Basin, Guianas and western Cerrado |
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Coccycua pumila | Dwarf cuckoo | Colombia and Venezuela |
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Coccycua cinerea | Ash-colored cuckoo | northern and central Argentina to Uruguay and São Paulo (state); winters north towards Amazonas |
Synonyms
[edit]The genus nameCoccycuahas often been believed to be a misspelling, and variousemendationshave been proposed. However, the name as originally written is valid. Thejunior synonymsare:
- CoccicuaLesson, 1837 (unjustified emendation)
- CoccyguaFitzinger, 1856 (unjustified emendation)
- CoccyzaeaHartlaub, 1842 (unjustified emendation)
- CoccyzusaCabanis & Heine, [1863] (unjustified emendation)
- MicrococcyxRidgway, 1912
References
[edit]- ^"Cuculidae".aviansystematics.org.The Trust for Avian Systematics.Retrieved2023-08-05.