Cacomantis
| Cacomantis | |
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| File:Cacomantis flabelliformis.jpg | |
| Fan-tailed cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis) | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Genus: | Cacomantis S. Müller, 1843 |
| Type species | |
| Cuculus flavus[1] = Cuculus merulinus Gmelin, 1788
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Cacomantis is a genus of cuckoos in the family Cuculidae. The name is from the Ancient Greek κακομαντις (kakomantis) meaning "prophet of evil". Most species have a round nostril and are mainly in brown and gray colours. The tails are graduated and barred. The bars are transverse in sonneratii and oblique in all others.[2]
Taxonomy
[edit | edit source]The genus Cacomantis was introduced in 1843 by the German naturalist Salomon Müller.[3] He did not specify a type species; this was subsequently designated as Cuculus flavus Gmelin, a junior synonym of Cuculus merulinus Scopoli (the plaintive cuckoo).[4][5] The genus name is from the Ancient Greek kakomantis meaning "prophet of doom".[6] Müller explained that local people on the Maluku Islands thought of these species as "birds of misfortune" due to their mournful calls and their frequent presence in cemeteries.[3]
Species
[edit | edit source]The genus contains 11 species:[7]
| Image | Scientific name | Common name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| File:Chestnut-breasted cuckoo iron08.JPG | Cacomantis castaneiventris | Chestnut-breasted cuckoo | New Guinea and Cape York peninsula |
| File:Fan-tailed Cuckoo 1487.jpg | Cacomantis flabelliformis | Fan-tailed cuckoo | Australia and Melanesia |
| File:Banded bay cuckoo 3.jpg | Cacomantis sonneratii | Banded bay cuckoo | Indomalaya |
| File:Plaintive Cuckoo I1 IMG 6970.jpg | Cacomantis merulinus | Plaintive cuckoo | Southeast Asia |
| File:Gray-bellied Cuckoo in Bhigwan August 2025 by Tisha Mukherjee 01.jpg | Cacomantis passerinus | Grey-bellied cuckoo | South Asia |
| - | Cacomantis sepulcralis | Sunda brush cuckoo | Malesia |
| - | Cacomantis virescens | Sulawesi brush cuckoo | Sulawesi |
| File:Brush Cuckoo Oct 2007.JPG | Cacomantis variolosus | Sahul brush cuckoo | Southeast Asia to Victoria and Solomon Islands |
| - | Cacomantis blandus | Manus brush cuckoo | Ninigo and Admiralty Islands |
| - | Cacomantis addendus | Solomons brush cuckoo | Solomon Islands archipelago |
| File:Moluccan Cuckoo 0A2A9646.jpg | Cacomantis aeruginosus | Moluccan brush cuckoo | Moluccas |
The pallid cuckoo (Heteroscenes pallidus) and the white-crowned cuckoo (Caliechthrus leucolophus) were formerly placed in this genus. They are now each placed in their own monotypic genus.[7]
References
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- ^ Payne, RB (2005). The Cuckoos. Oxford University Press. p. 422
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