Blue Cuckooshrike / Cyanograucalus azureus
WBN 
Blue Cuckooshrike
SCI Name:
Protonym: Graucalus azureus Proc.Acad.Nat.Sci.Philadelphia 5(1851) p.348
Taxonomy: Passeriformes / Campephagidae / Cyanograucalus
Taxonomy Code: blucus1
Type Locality: 'West Africa''.
Author: Cassin
Publish Year: 1852
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CYANOGRAUCALUS
(Campephagidae; Ϯ Blue Cuckooshrike C. azureus) Gr. κυανος kuanos dark-blue; genus Graucalas Cuvier, 1816, cuckooshrike; "Zu Ceblepyris azurea: Cammafl. Du Chaillu. Cass. l. c. p. 52. Ich beschreibe: Pulchre azureus, nitore nonnullo virescente; pileo, capitis lateribus, gutture et pectore intensius tinctis; mento nigro; tectricibus alae late azureo-marginatis; remigum et rectricum mediarum marginibus caerulescentibus. Long. rostr. a fr. 7"'; tars. 8"'. Prachtvoll gefärbte, wenigst typische Art. Die remig. tertiar. des alten Männchens zeigen kein Weiss. Schnabel klein, zierlich, stark gekielt. Schwanz kurz. Vierte Schwungfeder am längsten, dritte und füufte etwas kürzer und gleichlang; zweite halbmal so lang als die erste. Mindestens zu subgenerischer Sonderung auffordernd Cyanograucalus nob." (Hartlaub 1861); "Cyanograucalus Hartlaub, 1861, Journ. f. Orn., 9, p. 170. Type, by monotypy, Graucalus azureus Cassin." (Peters, 1960, IX, p. 169).
azureus
Med. L. azureus azure-blue < azura lapis lazuli.
● ex “Azure Kingfisher” of Latham 1801 (Ceyx).
UPPERCASE: current genus
Uppercase first letter: generic synonym
● and ● See: generic homonyms
lowercase: species and subspecies
●: early names, variants, mispellings
‡: extinct
†: type species
Gr.: ancient Greek
L.: Latin
<: derived from
syn: synonym of
/: separates historical and modern geographic names
ex: based on
TL: type locality
OD: original diagnosis (genus) or original description (species)
