Pied Coucal / Centropus ateralbus
WBN 
Pied Coucal
SCI Name:
Protonym: Centropus ateralbus Bull.Univ.Sci.Ind. 8 sect.2(Sci.Nat.Geol.) p.113
Taxonomy: Cuculiformes / Cuculidae / Centropus
Taxonomy Code: piecou1
Type Locality: New Ireland.
Author: Lesson
Publish Year: 1826
IUCN Status: Least Concern
DEFINITIONS
CENTROPUS
(Cuculidae; Ϯ Senegal Coucal C. senegalensis) Gr. κεντρον kentron spur, spike; πους pous, ποδος podos foot; "This genus is distinguished from all other members of the family by having on the hallux a long nearly straight hind claw, very much like a Lark's." (Blanford 1895). The coucals were formerly known as 'lark-heeled cuckoos.' The substantive 'Coucal' is derived from French Coucou cuckoo, and Alouette lark; "GENUS 13. CENTROPUS (κεντρον stimulus, calcar πους pes) (Spornfuß Germ.) Rostrum capiti brevius, incurvum, valde compressum, grypanium. Tomia integerrima. Nares plumis recumbentibus tectae. Lingua . . . Cauda gradata, elongata. Pedes scansorii, congrui. Digiti externi internis longiores, antici fissi, posticorum externus versatilis? Ungues incurvi, posticus internus reliquis aliquantum longior, retiusculus, subulatus. Species: Cuculus Aegyptius, Tolu LinGmel." (Illiger 1811); "Centropus Illiger, Prodromus, 1811, p. 205. Type, by subsequent designation, Cuculus aegyptius Gmelin. (G. R. Gray, List Gen. Bds., 1840, p. 56.)" (Peters, 1940, IV, p. 66).
Var. Certropus, Certtopus, Centrophus.
Synon. Anacentropus, Centrococcyx, Corydonyx, Grillia, Huhus, Megacentropus, Nesocentor, Nisus, Onixylus, Polophilus, Pyrrhocentor, Toulou.
ateralba / ateralbus
L. ater black; albus white.
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)
