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Yellowbill or South African Yellowbill

Ceuthmochares [aereus or australis] (= Ceuthmochares aereus) (Vieillot, LJP 1817)

The blue malkoha or chattering yellowbill is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It was formerly conspecific with the green malkoha until split in 2016. It is widely distributed across the African tropical rainforest. Source: Wikipedia




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Classification
Order:
  Cuculiformes
Family:
  Cuculidae
Genus:
   Ceuthmochares
Scientific:
  Ceuthmochares aereus

Original description

Citation:
  (Vieillot, LJP 1817)

Reference:
   Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. nouv. éd. 8 p.229

Protonym:
  Cuculus aereus

Type locality:
  Malimbe, Portuguese Congo.

Link:
  https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18035348

Avibase identifiers

Avibase ID:
  DC83C05D2B06C1F3

Avibase ID:
  avibase-DC83C05D

Short link:
  https://avibase.ca/DC83C05D

Taxonomic Serial Number:
  TSN: 554722

Geographic range:

  • Ceuthmochares aereus aereus: Nigeria and Bioko Island to South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, western Kenya, Angola, and northern Zambia
  • Ceuthmochares aereus flavirostris: Gambia to Nigeria (west of the Niger River)
  • Ceuthmochares australis: Ethiopia to Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, and eastern South Africa
Source: Clements checklist
English:
Yellowbill or South African Yellowbill
French:
Malcoha à bec jaune ou M. austral

Authorities recognizing this taxonomic concept:

African Bird Club Checklist 2004:
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist August 2005:
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2007:
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist January 2008:
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist May 2009:
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
African Bird Club Checklist March 2010:
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Avibase taxonomic concepts (current):
Yellowbill or South African Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares [aereus or australis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2023 (May 2023):
Yellowbill or South African Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares [aereus or australis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 2024 (Oct 2024):
Yellowbill or South African Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares [aereus or australis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 01 (August 2013):
Yellowbill or South African Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares [aereus or australis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 02 (May 2014):
Yellowbill or South African Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares [aereus or australis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 03 (March 2015):
Yellowbill or South African Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares [aereus or australis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 04 (Aug 2016):
Yellowbill or South African Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares [aereus or australis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 05 (Jan 2017):
Yellowbill or South African Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares [aereus or australis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 06 (Feb 2018):
Yellowbill or South African Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares [aereus or australis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 07 (Feb 2020):
Yellowbill or South African Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares [aereus or australis])
Avibase taxonomic concepts v. 08 (Feb 2021):
Yellowbill or South African Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares [aereus or australis])
Birdlife checklist version 00:
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 01:
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 02:
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 03:
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 04:
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05 (Jun 2012):
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 05.1 (Oct 2012):
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06 (Nov 2013):
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Birdlife checklist version 06.1 (Feb 2014):
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993, révision 2009):
Malcoha à bec jaune ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Commission internationale pour les noms français des oiseaux (1993):
Malcoha à bec jaune ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Clements 1st edition:
Green Coucal ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Clements 3rd edition:
Green Coucal ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Clements 4th edition:
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (as published):
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2000 revisions):
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2001 revisions):
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2002 revisions):
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2003 revisions):
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2004 revisions):
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Clements 5th edition (incl. 2005 revisions):
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition:
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2007 revisions):
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2008 revisions):
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (incl. 2009 revisions):
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.5 incl. 2010 revisions):
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.6 incl. 2011 revisions):
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.7 incl. 2012 revisions):
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.8 incl. 2013 revisions):
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Clements 6th edition (version 6.9 incl. 2014 revisions):
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Clements, version 2015:
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.50:
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.52:
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.53:
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.54:
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
eBird version 1.55:
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
eBird version 2015:
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition:
Yellow-bill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 2nd edition (incl. ? suppl):
Yellow-bill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (as published):
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 1.2):
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 2.1):
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 3.1):
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 4):
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 5):
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 6):
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 7):
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 3rd edition (incl. corrigenda 8):
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (vol. 1-2):
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Howard and Moore 4th edition (incl. corrigenda vol.1-2):
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Handbook of the Birds of the World (vol 1-16):
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.0:
Green Malkoha ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.1:
Green Malkoha ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
IOC World Bird Names, version 1.5:
Green Malkoha ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Morony, Bock and Farrand:
Green Malkoha ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds:
Ceuthmochares aereus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (original):
Ceuthmochares aereus [version 1]
Peters' Check-list of the Birds (2nd edition):
Ceuthmochares aereus [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993):
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe (1993, including corrections up to 1998):
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]
Sibley and Monroe, Birds of the World Version 2.0:
Yellowbill ( Ceuthmochares aereus) [version 1]

Taxonomic status:

Species status: species group (sometimes a species)

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Afrikaans: Groenvleiloerie
Catalan: Malcoa africà occidental
Czech: Kukacka kovová, kukačka kovová
Danish: Gulnæbbet Malkoha
German: Erzkuckuck
English: Gaboon Green Coucal, Green Coucal, Green Malkoha, Yellow Bill, Yellowbill, Yellow-bill, Yellowbill Coucal, Yellow-bill Cuckoo, Yellowbill or South African Yellowbill
Spanish: Cuco de Pico Amarillo, Malcoha Africano
Estonian: aafrika malkohakägu
Finnish: Sinikäki
French: Coucal à bec jaune, Malcoha à bec jaune, Malcoha à bec jaune ou M. austral
Hungarian: sárgacsőrű bozótkakukk
Italian: Beccogiallo, Malcoa africana
Japanese (romaji): kibashibankemmodoki, kibashibankenmodoki
Japanese: キバシバンケンモドキ
Scientific: Ceuthmochares [aereus or australis], Ceuthmochares aereus, Ceuthmochares aereus aereus, Cuculus aereus
Lithuanian: Geltonsnapė gegutė
Dutch: Geelsnavelmalkoha
Norwegian: Malmgjøk
Polish: siwianka
Portuguese: Cucal-verde
Russian: Желтоклювая кукушка
Slovak: malkoha modrá
Swedish: Blå malkoha
Swahili: Ukiki
Ukrainian: Малкога жовтодзьоба
Chinese: 黄嘴鹃
Chinese (Traditional): 黃嘴藍地鵑

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