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Chalcites
Shining bronze cuckoo (Chalcites lucidus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Cuculiformes
Family:	Cuculidae
Genus:	Chalcites Lesson, 1830
Type species
Cuculus plagosus Latham, 1801

Chalcites is a genus of Australasian cuckoos in the family Cuculidae. They were formerly placed in the genus Chrysococcyx.

Taxonomy

The genus Chalcites was introduced in 1830 by the French naturalist René Lesson. The type species is, by tautology, Cuculus chalcites which is a junior synonym of Cuculus plagosus Latham, now considered to be a subspecies of the shining bronze cuckoo (Chalcites lucidus). The genus name is from Ancient Greek χαλκιτης (khalkitēs) meaning "containing copper" or "coppery".

The cuckoos in this genus were formerly placed with group of Afro-Asian cuckoos in the genus Chrysococcyx. They were moved to Chalcites based on differences in morphology and the lack of significant sexual dimorphism.

The genus contains eight species:

• Long-billed cuckoo, Chalcites megarhynchus
• Horsfield's bronze cuckoo, Chalcites basalis
• Black-eared cuckoo, Chalcites osculans
• Rufous-throated bronze cuckoo, Chalcites ruficollis
• Shining bronze cuckoo, Chalcites lucidus
• White-eared bronze cuckoo, Chalcites meyerii
• Little bronze cuckoo, Chalcites minutillus
• Pied bronze cuckoo, Chalcites crassirostris

References

1. Lesson, René (1830). Traité d'Ornithologie, ou Tableau Méthodique (in French). Paris: F.G. Levrault. p. 152 (livraison 2). Published in 8 livraisons between 1830 and 1831. For the publication date see: Dickinson, E.C.; Overstreet, L.K.; Dowsett, R.J.; Bruce, M.D. (2011). Priority! The Dating of Scientific Names in Ornithology: a Directory to the literature and its reviewers. Northampton, UK: Aves Press. p. 119. ISBN 978-0-9568611-1-5.
2. Peters, James Lee, ed. (1940). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 30.
3. Jobling, James A. "Chalcites". The Key to Scientific Names. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
4. ^ 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 31 August 2024.

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Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Clade: Passerea Clade: Otidimorphae
Otidimorphae Musophagiformes †Foro? Musophagidae †Veflintornis Corythaeolinae Corythaeola Criniferinae Crinifer Musophaginae Gallirex Menelikornis Tauraco Otidiformes Otididae Afrotis Ardeotis Chlamydotis Eupodotis †Gryzaja Houbaropsis †Ioriotis Lissotis Lophotis †Miootis Neotis Otis †Pleotis Sypheotides Tetrax Cuculiformes See below ↓
Cuculiformes incertae sedis †Eutreptodactylus Cuculidae †Chamnbicuculus †Dynamopterus †Eocuculus †Neococcyx †Procuculus †Thomasococcyx Centropodinae Centropus Couinae Carpococcyx Coua Crotophaginae Crotophaga Guira Cuculinae Rhinortha Phaenicophaeini Ceuthmochares Clamator Coccycua Coccyzus Dasylophus Phaenicophaeus Piaya Rhamphococcyx Taccocua Zanclostomus Cuculini Cacomantis Cercococcyx Chrysococcyx Cuculus Eudynamys Hierococcyx Microdynamis †Nannococcyx Pachycoccyx Scythrops Surniculus Urodynamis Neomorphinae †Cursoricoccyx Dromococcyx Geococcyx Morococcyx Neomorphus Tapera

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