| 词条 | African emerald cuckoo |
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| name = African emerald cuckoo | image = African emerald cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus) in tree.jpg | image_caption = Male at St Lucia, KwaZulu-Natal | image2 = Chrysococcyx cupreus, wyfie, Eshowe, Birding Weto, a.jpg | image2_caption = Female at Eshowe, KwaZulu-Natal | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = [1] | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Chordata | classis = Aves | ordo = Cuculiformes | familia = Cuculidae | genus = Chrysococcyx | species = C. cupreus | binomial = Chrysococcyx cupreus | binomial_authority = (Shaw, 1792) | synonyms = }} The African emerald cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus) is a species of cuckoo that is native to Africa. Taxonomy and phylogenyAs a member of the Chrysococcyx genus, the African emerald cuckoo is an Old World Cuckoo. There are four subspecies, namely C. c. cupreus, C. c. sharpei, C. c. intermedius, and C. c. insularum.[2][3] DistributionIts range covers most of sub-Saharan Africa, including Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, DRC, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, South Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. DescriptionThe African emerald cuckoo is sexually dimorphic. The males have a green back and head with a yellow breast. Females are barred green and brown on their backs and green and white on their breasts. The African emerald cuckoo can also be identified by its call, a four-note whistle with the mnemonic device of “Hello Ju-dy.” [4] DietThe cuckoo’s diet consists mainly of insects like caterpillars and ants.[5] The diet can be supplemented with some fruit, and the African emerald cuckoo often forages in the middle and top layers of the canopy.[6] BreedingLike most cuckoos, the African emerald cuckoo is a brood parasite. Female African emerald cuckoos lay eggs in the nests of other bird species. A female cuckoo can lay between 19-25 eggs on average per breeding season.[7] The breeding season occurs during the rainy seasons, generally during the months between September and March.[4] Even though the cuckoo do not need territory (animal) to feed fledglings, male African emerald cuckoos still maintain a territory to display itself to potential mates.[4] Conservation status and threatsThe cuckoo’s distribution is 11,400,000 km[4] across sub-Saharan Africa, and subsequently the species is not in any immediate threat of decline.[8] However, there is some concern about habitat reduction and fragmentation of riparian areas and lowland forests in the upcoming years.[6] Trivia and fun factsIn the Zigula language its call has been rendered as kulwa tuoge, i.e. "let's go and bathe". In Zulu it is known as ubantwanyana, or "little children", which suggests the song Bantwanyana! ning'endi!, or "Little children, don't get married!".[9] In Xhosa it is mostly known as intananja,[5] but its call is also rendered as ziph' iintombi?, meaning "where are the girls?"[9] In Afrikaans, it is known as the mooimeisie, or "pretty girl".[10] References{{Wikispecies|Chrysococcyx cupreus}}{{Commons category|Chrysococcyx cupreus}}1. ^{{IUCN|id=22684021 |title=Chrysococcyx cupreus |assessor=BirdLife International |assessor-link=BirdLife International |version=2013.2 |year=2012 |accessdate=26 November 2013}} 2. ^{{cite web |url=http://avibase.bsc-eoc.org/species.jsp?avibaseid=1B309CB5E7D3F87F | title= African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus (Shaw, 1792) | website = avibase.bsc-eoc.org | publisher = Avibase: The World Bird Database | accessdate = 12 October 2015}} 3. ^{{cite web |last1=Payne |first1=R. |date = 2016 |title=African Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus) |url=http://www.hbw.com/node/54825 |website=Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive |publisher=Lynx Edicions, Barcelona|accessdate=22 December 2016}} 4. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|last=Payne|first=R|title=African Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus)|url=http://www.hbw.com/species/african-emerald-cuckoo-chrysococcyx-cupreus}} 5. ^1 {{citation|last=Johnson|first=Sibylle|title=African Emerald Cuckoo|url=http://beautyofbirds.com/africanemeraldcuckoos.html}} 6. ^1 {{cite web|title=Chrysococcyx cupreus (African emerald cuckoo , Emerald cuckoo) |url=http://www.biodiversityexplorer.org/birds/cuculidae/chrysococcyx_cupreus.htm |accessdate = 4 July 2017 }} 7. ^{{cite book|last=Payne|first=Robert B.|title=The Cuckoos|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FX3dzcG-WoMC&pg=PA152&lpg=PA152&dq=african+emerald+cuckoo+eggs&source=bl&ots=uU8KY66tNN&sig=DUV97xH50LJDrPfq5LJulTDN3Oc&hl=en&sa=X&ei=48M9VZLFEMjRoATqtoDoDA&ved=0CFcQ6AEwDg#v=onepage&q=african%20emerald%20cuckoo%20eggs&f=false}} 8. ^{{cite web|last=Ekstrom|first=J|title=African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus|url=http://www.birdlife.org/datazone/speciesfactsheet.php?id=1236}} 9. ^1 {{cite book|last1=Godfrey|first1=Rev. Robert|title=Birdlore of the Eastern Cape Province (Bantu Studies Monograph Series, No. 2) |date=1941|publisher=Witwatersrand University Press |location=Johannesburg |page=57 |url=https://www.ru.ac.za/media/rhodesuniversity/content/corylibrary/documents/Bird-Lore.pdf }} 10. ^{{cite book |last=Sinclair |first=Ian |title=Voëls van Suider-Afrika |publisher=Struik |isbn=1-86825-197-7}} External links
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