The Key to Scientific Names
Edited by James A. Jobling
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- Nicoclarius
(Cuculidae; syn. Cuculus † Oriental Cuckoo C. optatus) Gr. νικαω nikaō to prevail < νικη nikē victory; κλεπτω kleptō to steal; "*40. NICOCLARIUS, Bp. — 168. optatus, Gould. — 169. canoroides, Mull. — 170. lineatus, Less. (tenuirostris, Temm.) — 171. concretus, Müll. — 172? lepidus, Müll. — 173. poliogaster, Müll." (Bonaparte 1854); "Nicoclarius Bonaparte, Ateneo Italian. vol. ii. no. 8, p. 121 (Consp. Volucrum Zygod. p. 6), May (before June 5th) 1854. Type (by subsequent designation, Gray, p. 97, 1855): Cuculus optatus Gould." (Mathews, 1927, Syst. Av. Austral., I, p. 407).
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