Chrysococcyx

Chrysococcyx is a genus of cuckoos in the family Cuculidae.

Chrysococcyx
Klaas's cuckoo (Chrysococcyx klaas)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Cuculiformes
Family:	Cuculidae
Genus:	Chrysococcyx Boie, F, 1826
Type species
Cuculus cupreus (African emerald cuckoo) Shaw, 1792

Taxonomy

The genus Chrysococcyx was erected by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1826 with the African emerald cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus) as the type species.^[1][2] The name Chrysococcyx comes from the Ancient Greek words χρυσος (khrusos), meaning "gold", and κοκκυξ (kokkux), meaning "cuckoo".^[3]

A group of Australo-Papuan taxa that were formerly included in this genus are now placed in the genus Chalcites.^[4]

The genus contains the following species:^[5]

• Diederik cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius)
• African emerald cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus)
• Yellow-throated cuckoo (Chrysococcyx flavigularis)
• Klaas's cuckoo (Chrysococcyx klaas)
• Asian emerald cuckoo (Chrysococcyx maculatus)
• Violet cuckoo (Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus)