Clamator
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Clamator is a genus of large brood-parasitic cuckoos with crests and graduated tails.
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Clamator | |
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Jacobin cuckoo, Clamator jacobinus (serratus on the left and pica to the right) Illustration by Keulemans, 1891 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Cuculiformes |
Family: | Cuculidae |
Genus: | Clamator Kaup, 1829 |
Type species | |
Cuculus glandarius[1] Linnaeus, 1758 | |
Species | |
C. glandarius |
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The genus was erected by German naturalist Johann Jakob Kaup in 1829 with the great spotted cuckoo (Clamator glandarius) as the type species.[2] The name Clamator is Latin for "he who shouts" from clamare, "to shout".[3]