Coua Ruficeps Bird
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Coua Ruficeps Bird
English Name:
Latin Name:
Protonym: Coua ruficeps Gen.Birds 2 p.454 pl.CXV
Taxonomy: Cuculiformes / Cuculidae / Coua
Taxonomy Code: reccou1
Type Locality: Madagascar and the eastern side of Africa.
Author: Gray, GR
Publish Year: 1846
IUCN Status:
DEFINITIONS
COUA
(Cuculidae; Ϯ Giant Coua C. gigas) French name “Coua” given to these Madagascan cuckoos by Cuvier 1816 < Malagasy onomatopoeia Koa for the Red-fronted Coua and Red-breasted Coua. “COULICOU COUA ... Tel est le nom que les habitans de Madagascar ont imposé à cet oiseau [Coua cristata]; mais l’on ignore si c’est d’après son cri ou quelque autre propriété” (Vieillot 1817); "Die Cuas. Vaill. Coua. (Coccyzus, Vieill.) Unterscheiden sich von den Kukuks nur durch längere Füße, was aber sie noch mehr auszeichnet, ist, daß wenigstens die Arten, welche man näher kennt, in Baumlöchern nisten und ihre Eier nicht in fremde Nester leden. Cua von Madagascar. Coua. madagascariensis. Enl. 815. Cocc. virescens. Vieill." (Schinz 1821); "Coua Schinz, Das Thierreich, 1, 1821, p. 661. Type, by monotypy, Cuculus madagascariensis Gmelin = Cuculus gigas Boddaert.4 ... 4 While sometimes credited to Cuvier, Règne Anim., 1816, p. 425, this genus was employed by him only in the vernacular, "les Couas"; Coua Oken, 1817, is a nomen nudum." (Peters, 1940, IV, p. 64).
Var. Cua, Cona.
Synon. Coccyzus, Cochlothraustes, Glaucococcyx, Serisomus.
ruficeps
L. rufus red, ruddy; -ceps -headed < caput, capitis head.
● ex “Tordo del corona de canela” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 72 (syn. Chrysomus ruficapillus).
SUBSPECIES
Red-capped Coua (Red-capped)
Latin Name: Coua ruficeps ruficeps
ruficeps
L. rufus red, ruddy; -ceps -headed < caput, capitis head.
● ex “Tordo del corona de canela” of de Azara 1802-1805, no. 72 (syn. Chrysomus ruficapillus).
Red-capped Coua (Green-capped)
Latin Name: Coua ruficeps olivaceiceps
olivaceiceps
Mod. L. olivaceus olive-coloured < L. oliva olive; L. -ceps -capped < caput, capitis head.
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
