What is "chrysococcyx"

Chrysococcyx is a genus of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. The scientific name Chrysococcyx is Greek for gold cuckoo (χρυσός,κούκος) Some authorities split the principally Australo-Papuan taxa into the genus Chalcites.

The genus contains the following species:

• Dideric 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)

• Horsfield's bronze cuckoo (Chrysococcyx basalis)
• Shining bronze cuckoo (Chrysococcyx lucidus)
• White-eared bronze cuckoo (Chrysococcyx meyeri)
• Little bronze cuckoo (Chrysococcyx minutillus)
  • Pied bronze cuckoo (Chrysococcyx (minutillus) crassirostris)
  • Gould's bronze cuckoo (Chrysococcyx (minutillus) russatus)
• Black-eared cuckoo (Chrysococcyx osculans)
• Rufous-throated bronze cuckoo (Chrysococcyx ruficollis)
• Long-billed cuckoo (Chrysococcyx megarhynchus)