''Chrysococcyx'' is a
genus of
cuckoo in the family
Cuculidae.
The genus ''Chrysococcyx'' was erected by the German zoologist
Friedrich Boie in 1826 with the
African emerald cuckoo
The African emerald cuckoo (''Chrysococcyx cupreus'') is a species of cuckoo that is native to Africa.
Taxonomy and phylogeny
As a member of the family Cuculidae, the African emerald cuckoo is an Old World cuckoo. There are four subspecies, name ...
(''Chrysococcyx cupreus'') as the
type species. The name ''Chrysococcyx '' combines the
Ancient Greek χρυσος ''khrusos'' meaning "gold" and κοκκυξ ''kokkux'' "cuckoo".
Some authorities
split the principally Australo-Papuan taxa into the genus ''Chalcites''.
The genus contains the following species:
;Afro-Asian
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Diederik cuckoo
The diederik cuckoo (''Chrysococcyx caprius''), formerly dideric cuckoo or didric cuckoo is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, which also includes the roadrunners and the anis.
Taxonomy
The diederik cuckoo was described ...
(''Chrysococcyx caprius'')
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African emerald cuckoo
The African emerald cuckoo (''Chrysococcyx cupreus'') is a species of cuckoo that is native to Africa.
Taxonomy and phylogeny
As a member of the family Cuculidae, the African emerald cuckoo is an Old World cuckoo. There are four subspecies, name ...
(''Chrysococcyx cupreus'')
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Yellow-throated cuckoo
The yellow-throated cuckoo (''Chrysococcyx flavigularis'') is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae
Cuckoos are birds in the Cuculidae family, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes . The cuckoo family includes the common or Europe ...
(''Chrysococcyx flavigularis'')
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Klaas's cuckoo (''Chrysococcyx klaas'')
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Asian emerald cuckoo (''Chrysococcyx maculatus'')
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Violet cuckoo (''Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus'')
;Australo-Papuan
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Horsfield's bronze cuckoo (''Chrysococcyx basalis'')
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Shining bronze cuckoo (''Chrysococcyx lucidus'')
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White-eared bronze cuckoo (''Chrysococcyx meyerii'')
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Little bronze cuckoo (''Chrysococcyx minutillus'')
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Black-eared cuckoo (''Chrysococcyx osculans'')
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Rufous-throated bronze cuckoo (''Chrysococcyx ruficollis'')
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Long-billed cuckoo (''Chrysococcyx megarhynchus'')
References
Bird genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
Taxa named by Friedrich Boie
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