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Klaas's Cuckoo

Chrysococcyx klaas (Stephens, JF 1815)

Klaas's cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae which is native to the wooded regions of sub-Saharan Africa. The specific name honours Klaas, the Khoikhoi man who collected the type specimen. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Cuculiformes
Family:
  Cuculidae
Genus:
   Chrysococcyx
Scientific:
  Chrysococcyx klaas


Original description

Citation:
  (Stephens, JF 1815)

Reference:
   General Zool. [Shaw] 9 pt1 p.128

Protonym:
  Cuculus Klaas

Type locality:
  Cape Colony.

Link:
  https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/176175#page/198/mode/1up


Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  1FACD21062D63FCB

Avibase ID:
  avibase-1FACD210

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/1FACD210


Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554711

Geographic range:

  • Chrysococcyx klaas: Widespread Africa south of the Sahara and Bioko
English:
Klaas's Cuckoo
Catalan:
Cucut maragda de Klaas
Czech:
kukačka Klaasova
Danish:
Hvidbuget Smaragdgøg
German:
Klaaskuckuck
Spanish:
Cuclillo de Klaas
Spanish (Spain):
Cuclillo de Klaas
Finnish:
malakiittikäki
French:
Coucou de Klaas
Croatian:
zelena kukavica
Hungarian:
Klaas-rézkakukk
Icelandic:
Töfragaukur
Italian:
Cuculo di Klaas
Japanese (romaji):
shiroharamidorikakkou
Japanese:
シロハラミドリカッコウ
Lithuanian:
Žalianugarė bronzinė gegutė
Dutch:
Klaas' Koekoek
Norwegian Nynorsk:
Grøngauk
Norwegian:
Grønngjøk
Polish:
kukułeczka białobrzucha
Portuguese:
cuco-bronzeado-pequeno
Portuguese (Portugal):
cuco-de-klaas
Russian:
Белобрюхая кукушка
Slovak:
kukučka zeleno-biela
Serbian:
Klaasova kukavica
Swedish:
klaasglansgök
Ukrainian:
Дідрик білочеревий
Chinese:
白腹金鹃
Chinese (Traditional):
白腹金鵑


Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 07 (Jul 2014):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 08 (Oct 2015):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09 (Dec 2016):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 09.1 (Jun 2017):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v2 (Dec 2017):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v3 (Nov 2018):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v4 (Dec 2019):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v5 (Dec 2020):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6 (Dec 2021):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v6b (Jul 2022):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v7 (Dec 2022):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
HBW and BirdLife Taxonomic Checklist v8 (Dec 2023):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Coucou de Klaas ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Coucou de Klaas ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Klaas' Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaasi) [version 1]
Clements, version 2021:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Clements, version 2022:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Clements, version 2023:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Klaas' Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Klaas' Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Klaas' Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Clements, version 2016:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Clements, version 2017:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Clements, version 2018:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Clements, version 2019:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
eBird version 2016:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
eBird version 2017:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
eBird version 2018:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
eBird version 2019:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
eBird version 2021:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
eBird version 2022:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
eBird version 2023:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Klaas' Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Klaas' Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (31/01/2015):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive (03/07/2017):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2017):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World and Birdlife (Dec 2018):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.6:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.7:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.0:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.1:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.2:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.3:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.4:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.5:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.6:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.7:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.8:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.9:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.10:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 2.11:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.1:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.2:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.3:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.4:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 3.5:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.1:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.2:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.3:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 4.4:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.1:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.2:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.3:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 5.4:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.1:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.2:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.3:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 6.4:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.1:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.2:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 7.3:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.1:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 8.2:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.1:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 9.2:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.1:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 10.2:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.1:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 11.2:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.1:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 12.2:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.1:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 13.2:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 14.1:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Klaas' Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Chrysococcyx klaas [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Chrysococcyx klaas [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Chrysococcyx klaas [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.01:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.02:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.03:
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Working Group Avian Checklists, version 0.04 (7/07/2024):
Klaas's Cuckoo ( Chrysococcyx klaas) [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Chrysococcyx klaas [version 1]
Zoonomen - Zoological Nomenclature Resource:
Chrysococcyx klaas [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: full species

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Afrikaans: Meitjie
Bulgarian: Клаасова смарагдена кукувица
Bengali: লম঳য ঩াচ঩য়া
Bengali (transliteration): klasēra pāpiẏā
Catalan: Cucut de Klaas, Cucut maragda de Klaas
Czech: Kukacka Klaasova, kukačka Klaasova
Welsh: Cog Klaas
Danish: Hvidbuget Smaragdgøg
German: Klaaskuckuck, Klaas-Kuckuck
Greek: Πρασιvόκoυκoς
English: Klaas' Cuckoo, Klaas's Cuckoo, Klass's Cuckoo
English, HBW: Klaas's Cuckoo
English (IOC): Klaas's Cuckoo
English (Kenya): Klaas's Cuckoo
English (United States): Klaas's Cuckoo
Esperanto: Verda kukolo
Spanish: Cuclillo de Klaas, Cuco de Klaas, Cucu de Klaas
Spanish (Spain): Cuclillo de Klaas
Spanish (HBW): Klaas's Cuckoo
Estonian: väike-rohekägu
Finnish: Malakiittikäki
French: Coucou de Klaas
Frisian: Klaaskoekoek
Irish: Cuach chláis
Galician: Cuco de Klaas
Hebrew: קוקיה קלאסית
Croatian: zelena kukavica
Hungarian: Klaas-rézkakukk
Icelandic: Töfragaukur
Italian: Cuculo di Klaas, Cuculo dorato di Klaas
Japanese (romaji): shiroharamidorikakkou
Japanese: シロハラミドリカッコウ
Scientific: Chrysococcyx klaas, Chrysococcyx Klaas klaas, Chrysococcyx klaasi, Cuculus Klaas, Cuculus klaasii
Lithuanian: Žalianugarė bronzinė gegutė, Žalianugarė gegutė
Latvian: Klāsa dzeguze
Dutch: Klaas' Koekoek, Klaaskoekoek
Norwegian Nynorsk: Grøngauk
Norwegian: Grønngjøk
Polish: kukuleczka bialobrzucha, kukułeczka białobrzucha
Portuguese: Cuco de Klaas, Cuco-bronzeado-menor, Cuco-bronzeado-pequeno, Cuco-de-Klaas, Cuco–de-klaas
Portuguese (Portugal): Cuco-bronzeado-pequeno, cuco-de-klaas
Rhaeto-Romance: Cuco da Klaas
Romanian: Cuc de Klaas
Russian: Белобрюхая кукушка, Бронзовая кукушка Клааса, Бронзовая кукушка Класса
Slovak: kukučka zeleno-biela
Slovenian: Zelena mala kukavica
Serbian: Klaasova kukavica, Zelena kukavica
Swedish: klaasglansgök, Klaasgök, Mindre guldgök
Swahili: Kekeo Shaba
Turkish: Küçük Yeşil Guguk, Yeşil Beyaz Guguk
Ukrainian: Дідрик білочеревий
Chinese: 白腹金鹃
Chinese (Traditional): 白腹金鵑

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