Clamator Levaillantii Bird

Levaillant\'s Cuckoo / Clamator levaillantii

Clamator Levaillantii Bird

English Name:  Levaillant's Cuckoo
Latin Name:  Clamator levaillantii
Protonym:  Coccyzus levaillantii Zool.Ill.(2), 1 pl.13
Taxonomy:  Cuculiformes / Cuculidae / Clamator
Taxonomy Code:  levcuc1
Type Locality:  
Author:  Swainson
Publish Year:  1829
IUCN Status:  Least Concern

DEFINITIONS

CLAMATOR
(Cuculidae; Great Spotted Cuckoo C. glandarius) L. clamator, clamatoris  shouter  < clamare  to shout; "Schlüsse: Cuculus glandarius kann als europäischer Vogel nicht ausgeführt werden, da sich weder Glieder über noch unter ihm nachweisen lassen; auch scheint er gar nicht in die Gattung Kuckuk zu gehören, sondern eine eigene zu bilden, welche ich Straußkuckuk Clamator nenne, und die durch die starken Fußwurzeln und die Bildung der Nasenlöcher u. sich charakterisirt." (Kaup 1829); "Clamator Kaup, Skizz. Entw.-Gesch. Eur. Thierw., 1829, p. 53 [=p. 35 (= p. 53)].  Type, by original designation and monotypy, Cuculus glandarius Linné." (Peters, 1940, IV, p. 12).   
Synon. Cecractana, Cecractes, Edolius, Melanolophus, Oxylophus.
• (Phasianidae; syn. Pternistis  Cape Spurfowl P. capensis) Specific name Perdix clamator Temminck, 1815 (= syn. Pternistis capensis); "Genus PTERNESTIS, Wagler.  ...  Subgenus CLAMATOR, Blyth.   1495. CL. CAPENSIS.  SYN. Tetrao capensis, Gmelin.  Perdix clamator, Temminck.  Pheasant of Cape Colonists.   HAB. S. Africa." (Blyth 1849); "Clamator Blyth, 1849, Cat. Birds Mus. Asiatic Soc., p. 250.  Type, by monotypy and tautonymy, Perdix clamator Temminck, 1815 = Tetrao capensis Gmelin, 1789." (JAJ 2021).

clamator
● L. clamator or clamatoria  type of owl mentioned by Pliny as a bird of ill-omen; ex “Nacurutú chorreado” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 44 (Asio).
● L. clamator, clamatoris  shouter  < clamare  to shout (subsp. Psilopogon virens, syn. Pternistis capensis).

levaillanti / levaillantii
François Levaillant (1753-1824) French ornithologist, explorer, collector (syn. Amazona oratrix, syn. Anhinga rufa, syn. Anthoscopus minutus, syn. Baryphthengus ruficapillus, syn. Cisticola cantans, syn. Cisticola tinniens, syn. Circus ranivorus, Clamator (ex "Variété du Coucou Édolio" of Levaillant 1806, pl. 209), syn. Coracias naevius, syn. Coracina caesia (ex “Echenilleur Gris” of Levaillant 1805, pll. 162, 163), syn. Corvus capensis, subsp. Corvus macrorhynchos, syn. Crypsirina temia, syn. Cuculus clamosus, syn. Indicator indicator (ex “Grand Indicateur” of Levaillant 1807, pl. 241), syn. Myrmecocichla nigra (ex “Traquet Commandeur” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 189), syn. Pogonornis minor, syn. Poicephalus robustus (ex “Perroquet à Franges Souci” of Levaillant 1804, pl. 131), syn. Pycnonotus nigricans (ex “Merle à cul jaune du Sénégal” of d’Aubenton 1765-1781, pl. 317, and “Brunoir” of Levaillant 1802, pl. 106, fig. 1), ?syn. Ramphastos tucanus (ex “Toucan à collier jaune” of Levaillant 1806, pl. 4), syn. Rhinopomastus cyanomelasScleroptila, syn. Streptopelia semitorquata) (see vaillanti).