Spur cuckoo
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Bengal Cuckoo ( Centropus bengalensis ) |
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| Illiger , 1811 |
The spur cuckoo or spore cuckoo ( Centropus ) are the only genus of the subfamily Centropodinae in the cuckoo family . The genus was first described in 1811 by Johann Karl Wilhelm Illiger on the basis of the Egyptian spur cuckoo ( Centropus senegalensis aegyptius ). Spur cuckoos are not breeding parasites .
features
The spur cuckoos are large, powerful, earth-dwelling cuckoo birds with powerful beaks, short, rounded wings and long, broad tails. The scientific name is made up of the Greek terms κέντρον ( kentron ; center, spur) and πούς ( pous ; foot) and refers to the long, straight and large rear toe claw (hallux) found in most spur cuckoo species. Apart from the coat, the broad wings cover the back. The back and rump are often covered by short black feathers that are hidden when the wings are closed.
Systematics
In the genus of the spur cuckoo, the following 28 species are distinguished that occur in the Old World :
- Celebes cuckoo ( Centropus celebensis )
- Bamboo cuckoo ( Centropus unirufus )
- Masked Cuckoo ( Centropus melanops )
- Java cuckoo ( Centropus nigrorufus )
- Pale head cuckoo ( Centropus milo )
- Goliath cuckoo ( Centropus goliath )
- Purple cuckoo ( Centropus violaceus )
- Black Cuckoo ( Centropus menbeki )
- Bald cuckoo ( Centropus ateralbus )
- Pheasant spur cuckoo ( Centropus phasianinus )
- Kaikuckuck ( Centropus spilopterus )
- Amber cuckoo ( Centropus bernsteini )
- Biacuckuck ( Centropus chalybeus )
- Short spur devil ( Centropus rectunguis )
- Mindoro Cuckoo ( Centropus steerii )
- Hedge Cuckoo ( Centropus sinensis )
- Andaman cuckoo ( Centropus andamanensis )
- Green cuckoo ( Centropus viridis )
- Tulukuckuck ( Centropus toulou )
- Barbecue Cuckoo ( Centropus grillii )
- Bengal Cuckoo ( Centropus bengalensis )
- Ceylon cuckoo ( Centropus chlororhynchos )
- White-bellied cuckoo ( Centropus leucogaster )
- Ansell's cuckoo ( Centropus anselli )
- Monk 's Cuckoo ( Centropus monachus )
- Copper- tailed cuckoo ( Centropus cupreicaudus )
- Spur cuckoo ( Centropus senegalensis )
- White- browed cuckoo ( Centropus superciliosus )
In 1985, the fossil remains of the extinct species Centropus colossus were described from the Green Waterhole Cave near Tantanoola in South Australia . Two more fossil species - Centropus maximus and Centropus bairdi from the Nullarbor Plain in South Australia - were described in 2016 .
literature
- Payne, RB (2005): The Cuckoos. Bird Families of the World. Volume 15 , Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-850213-3
- Del Hoyo, J., Elliot, A. & Sargatal, J. (Editors) (1997). Handbook of the Birds of the World. Volume 4: Sandgrouse to Cuckoos . Lynx Edicions. ISBN 84-87334-22-9
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Baird RF. 1985. Avian fossils from Quaternary deposits in 'Green Waterhole Cave', south-eastern South Australia. Records of the Australian Museum 37: 353-370.
- ↑ Shute, E., Prideaux, GJ and Worthy, TH (2016), Three terrestrial Pleistocene coucals (Centropus: Cuculidae) from southern Australia: biogeographical and ecological significance. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 177: 964-1002. doi : 10.1111 / zoj.12387