''Chrysococcyx'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

cuckoo Cuckoos are birds in the Cuculidae ( ) family, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes ( ). The cuckoo family includes the common or European cuckoo, roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals, and anis. The coucals and anis are somet ...

s 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 European cuckoo, roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals, and anis. The coucals and anis are someti ...

Taxonomy

The genus ''Chrysococcyx'' was erected by the German zoologist

Friedrich Boie Friedrich Boie (4 June 1789 – 3 March 1870) was a German entomologist, herpetologist, ornithologist, and lawyer.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins Universi ...

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 In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...

. The name ''Chrysococcyx '' comes from the

Ancient Greek Ancient Greek (, ; ) includes the forms of the Greek language used in ancient Greece and the classical antiquity, ancient world from around 1500 BC to 300 BC. It is often roughly divided into the following periods: Mycenaean Greek (), Greek ...

words χρυσος (''khrusos''), meaning "gold", and κοκκυξ (''kokkux''), meaning "cuckoo". A group of Australo-Papuan taxa that were formerly included in this genus are now placed in the genus ''

Chalcites ''Chalcites'' is a genus of Australasian cuckoos in the family Cuculidae. They were formerly placed in the genus '' Chrysococcyx''. Taxonomy The genus ''Chalcites'' was introduced in 1830 by the French naturalist René Lesson. The type specie ...

''. The genus contains the following species: * Diederik cuckoo (''Chrysococcyx caprius'') *

(''Chrysococcyx cupreus'') * Yellow-throated cuckoo (''Chrysococcyx flavigularis'') *

Klaas's cuckoo Klaas's cuckoo (''Chrysococcyx klaas'') is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae which is native to the wooded regions of sub-Saharan Africa. The specific name honours Klaas, the Khoikhoi man who collected the type specimen. Name The spe ...

(''Chrysococcyx klaas'') * Asian emerald cuckoo (''Chrysococcyx maculatus'') *

Violet cuckoo The violet cuckoo (''Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus'') is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. Description The males have glossy violet feathers on the head and upper parts of the body. The blackish tail has a white tip, and barred outer f ...

(''Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus'')

References

Bird genera Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxa named by Friedrich Boie {{Cuculiformes-stub