Cacomantis
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Statistics of barcoding coverage:
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:30
Specimens with Sequences:2
Specimens with Barcodes:2
Species:6
Species With Barcodes:2
Public Records:1
Public Species:1
Public BINs:1
Locations of barcode samples:
Collection Sites: world map showing specimen collection locations for Cacomantis
Cacomantis:
Cacomantis is a genus of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. The genus name is derived from the Greek kakos meaning evil or ill-boding and mantis for prophet and is derived from their association with "rains" being supposed to be predict ill fortune and bad weather. Most of them 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.[1]
It contains the following species:
- Banded bay cuckoo, Cacomantis sonneratii
- Plaintive cuckoo, Cacomantis merulinus
- Rusty-breasted cuckoo, Cacomantis sepulcralis
- Grey-bellied cuckoo, Cacomantis passerinus
- Brush cuckoo, Cacomantis variolosus
- Moluccan cuckoo, Cacomantis heinrichi
- Chestnut-breasted cuckoo, Cacomantis castaneiventris
- Fan-tailed cuckoo, Cacomantis flabelliformis
- Pallid cuckoo, Cacamantis pallidus
- White-crowned cuckoo, Cacamantis leucolophus
References[edit]
- ^ Payne, RB (2005). The Cuckoos. Oxford University Press. p. 422
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