Cacomantis
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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
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
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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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Cuculidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ Payne, RB (2005). The Cuckoos. Oxford University Press. p. 422
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Müller, Salomon (1843). Verhandelingen over de natuurlijke geschiedenis (in Dutch). Vol. 1: Land-en Volkenkunde. Leiden: In commissie bij. S. en J. Luchtmans en C.C. van der Hoek. p. 177, Footnote.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Salvadori, Tommaso (1880). Ornitologia della Papuasia e delle Molucche (in Italian). Vol. 1. Torino: G.B. Paravia. p. 331.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: unrecognized language (link) - ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Peters, James Lee, ed. (1940). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 22.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (August 2024). "Turacos, bustards, cuckoos, mesites, sandgrouse". IOC World Bird List Version 14.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
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