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Richard Klim

Richard Klim

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Erritzøe, Mann, Brammer & Fuller 2012. Helm Identification Guides: Cuckoos of the World. Christopher Helm. [Amazon UK]

Taxonomic treatment of Cuculidae:

  • Crotophaginae
    • Guira guira
    • Crotophaga major, ani, sulcirostris

  • Neomorphinae
    • Tapera naevia
    • Dromococcyx phasianellus, pavoninus
    • Morococcyx erythropygus
    • Geococcyx californianus, velox
    • Neomorphus radiolosus, rufipennis, pucheranii, geoffroyi, squamiger

  • Centropodinae
    • Centropus milo, ateralbus, menbeki, chalybeus, unirufus, chlororhynchos, melanops, steerii, rectunguis, celebensis, anselli, leucogaster, senegalensis, monachus, cupreicaudus, superciliosus, nigrorufus, sinensis, goliath, toulou, grillii, viridis, bengalensis, violaceus, bernsteini, phasianinus

  • Couinae
    • Carpococcyx viridis, radiceus, renauldi
    • Coua cristata, verreauxi, caerulea, ruficeps, reynaudii, coquereli, cursor, gigas, delalandei, serriana

  • Cuculinae
    • Rhinorthini
      • Rhinortha chlorophaea
    • Phaenicophaeini
      • Ceuthmochares australis, aereus
      • Taccocua leschenaultii
      • Zanclostomus javanicus
      • Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus
      • Rhopodytes sumatranus, viridirostris, diardi, tristis
      • Rhamphococcyx curvirostris, calyorhynchus
      • Dasylophus superciliosus
      • Lepidogrammus cumingi
      • Clamator coromandus, glandarius, levaillantii, jacobinus
      • Piaya minuta, melanogaster, cayana
      • Coccyzus pumilus, cinereus, melacoryphus, americanus, euleri, minor, ferrugineus, erythropthalmus, lansbergi
      • Hyetornis pluvialis, rufigularis
      • Saurothera vetula, vieilloti, merlini, longirostris
    • Cuculini
      • Pachycoccyx audeberti
      • Microdynamis parva
      • Eudynamys scolopaceus
      • Urodynamis taitensis
      • Scythrops novaehollandiae
      • Chrysococcyx maculatus, xanthorhynchus, caprius, klaas, flavigularis, cupreus, basalis, ruficollis, lucidus, meyerii, minutillus, poecilurus, crassirostris
      • Misocalius osculans
      • Rhamphomantis megarhynchus
      • Cacomantis pallidus, castaneiventris, flabelliformis, sonneratii, merulinus, passerinus, variolosus, sepulcralis
      • Caliechthrus leucolophus
      • Cercococcyx mechowi, olivinus, montanus
      • Surniculus dicruroides, velutinus, lugubris, musschenbroeki
      • Hierococcyx vagans, bocki, sparverioides, varius, hyperythrus, pectoralis, fugax, nisicolor
      • Cuculus clamosus, solitarius, poliocephalus, crassirostris, micropterus, rochii, gularis, saturatus, lepidus, canorus
 
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MJB said:
The map for Cacomantis passerinus appears twice - is this just a duplication, or has another species been overwritten?
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Mike,
Apart from Cacomantis passerinus(1), all species distribution maps seem to be in alphabetic order, and all Cacomantis spp are present - so presumably it's just a duplication.
 
The maps for Surniculus lugubris & S. dicruroides match no other range descriptions for those taxa that I can find. This is not terribly surprising, since no two sources seem to agree on where these taxa occur & how they should be defined (see also previous thread here). The split between these two is a real mess. :/
 
Someone with the book, please: What races they have in Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo Neomorphus geoffroyi and where are their distribution?
 
Oh thanks for this summary. It is interesting to see that the Timor Coucal (Centropus phasianinus mui) is still treated as subspecies of C. phasianinus despite the fact that there are several differences between the two taxa.
 
Richard Klim said:
Erritzøe, Mann, Brammer & Fuller 2012. Helm Identification Guides: Cuckoos of the World. Christopher Helm. [Amazon UK]

Taxonomic treatment of Cuculidae:

  • Crotophaginae
    • Guira guira
    • Crotophaga major, ani, sulcirostris

  • Neomorphinae
    • Tapera naevia
    • Dromococcyx phasianellus, pavoninus
    • Morococcyx erythropygus
    • Geococcyx californianus, velox
    • Neomorphus radiolosus, rufipennis, pucheranii, geoffroyi, squamiger

  • Centropodinae
    • Centropus milo, ateralbus, menbeki, chalybeus, unirufus, chlororhynchos, melanops, steerii, rectunguis, celebensis, anselli, leucogaster, senegalensis, monachus, cupreicaudus, superciliosus, nigrorufus, sinensis, goliath, toulou, grillii, viridis, bengalensis, violaceus, bernsteini, phasianinus

  • Couinae
    • Carpococcyx viridis, radiceus, renauldi
    • Coua cristata, verreauxi, caerulea, ruficeps, reynaudii, coquereli, cursor, gigas, delalandei, serriana

  • Cuculinae
    • Rhinorthini
      • Rhinortha chlorophaea
    • Phaenicophaeini
      • Ceuthmochares australis, aereus
      • Taccocua leschenaultii
      • Zanclostomus javanicus
      • Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus
      • Rhopodytes sumatranus, viridirostris, diardi, tristis
      • Rhamphococcyx curvirostris, calyorhynchus
      • Dasylophus superciliosus
      • Lepidogrammus cumingi
      • Clamator coromandus, glandarius, levaillantii, jacobinus
      • Piaya minuta, melanogaster, cayana
      • Coccyzus pumilus, cinereus, melacoryphus, americanus, euleri, minor, ferrugineus, erythropthalmus, lansbergi
      • Hyetornis pluvialis, rufigularis
      • Saurothera vetula, vieilloti, merlini, longirostris
    • Cuculini
      • Pachycoccyx audeberti
      • Microdynamis parva
      • Eudynamys scolopaceus
      • Urodynamis taitensis
      • Scythrops novaehollandiae
      • Chrysococcyx maculatus, xanthorhynchus, caprius, klaas, flavigularis, cupreus, basalis, ruficollis, lucidus, meyerii, minutillus, poecilurus, crassirostris
      • Misocalius osculans
      • Rhamphomantis megarhynchus
      • Cacomantis pallidus, castaneiventris, flabelliformis, sonneratii, merulinus, passerinus, variolosus, sepulcralis
      • Caliechthrus leucolophus
      • Cercococcyx mechowi, olivinus, montanus
      • Surniculus dicruroides, velutinus, lugubris, musschenbroeki
      • Hierococcyx vagans, bocki, sparverioides, varius, hyperythrus, pectoralis, fugax, nisicolor
      • Cuculus clamosus, solitarius, poliocephalus, crassirostris, micropterus, rochii, gularis, saturatus, lepidus, canorus
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Is there a phylogenetic analysis in this book?
 
There are two generic names attached to members of the arboreal coua group (Coua).

Serisomus Swainson, 1837 (type species = C. cristata)
Glaucococcyx Cabanis & Heine, 1863 (type species = C. caerulea)

Is there any reason to think that either/both of these names are invalid? (Neither is mentioned in Erritzøe et al (2012) and they are both noted as 'status uncertain' on IRMNG... which I realise isn't always the definitive resource!)

Thanks
 
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Surely that Sericosomus is an unnecessary emendation of Serisomus ? Anyway, Sericosomus Sundevall, 1857 is a junior homonym of Sericosomus Dejean, 1833 and Sericosomus Stephens, 1839, both Coleoptera, thus Sundevall's name is not valid.
 
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Thanks for answers, very helpful and much appreciated. However, I'm still unsure if either name could apply to the arboreal couas, if they were to be separated at the generic level.

I'm not seeing anything so far to demonstrate that either name is invalid, although they do seem to have a convoluted past.

Neither name has to be a synonym of Coua because they were named for species other than Coua gigas (the type species of Coua)... and the amendation Sericosomus (and Glaucomyias for that matter) can presumably be discounted from this specific discussion...

I'll continue to search... thanks!
 
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