Chrysococcyx caprius

(Boddaert, 1783) · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Aves/Cuculiformes/Cuculidae/Chrysococcyx

At a glance

Occurrence records168 500

Data sources9

Biological traits29

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Chrysococcyx caprius's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation11 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility168 500 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

GoaTGenomes on a Tree · Sangergenome & karyotype↗

Paleobiology DatabasePBDB consortiumfossil record↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

IOC World Bird ListIOCbird checklist↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

Every layer below draws on the sources above — open one to explore it, or use ← → to move between tabs.

NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements3 literature sources29 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF168 500 records

Genome at a glanceGoaT1.4 Gbp

01Narrative

The diederik cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius), formerly dideric cuckoo or didric cuckoo is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes, which also includes the roadrunners and the anis.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesAmnioteDBEltonTraitsAVONET

Size & morphology13

Beak depth5.2 mm

Beak length (culmen)18.3 mm

Beak length (nares)11.6 mm

Beak width6 mm

Body mass33.58 g

Body mass (female)36.1 g

Body mass (male)29.05 g

Hand-wing index38.5

Kipp's distance43.6 mm

Secondary length69.6 mm

Tail length79.6 mm

Tarsus length18.3 mm

Wing length113 mm

Life cycle & reproduction3

Egg mass2.55 g

Fledging age21 days

Incubation11.5 days

Diet & foraging9

Canopy60 %

Ground20 %

Invertebrate80 %

Midhigh10 %

Seed10 %

Trophic levelcarnivore

Trophic nicheInvertivore

Understory10 %

Vertebrate endotherm10 %

Habitat & environment4

HabitatShrubland

Migration1.0

Primary lifestyleInsessorial

Range size17 768 024 km²

05DNA & barcodingmolecular

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Chrysococcyx caprius has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

06Genome at a glanceGoaT

The complete instruction manual Chrysococcyx caprius carries — its genome. We read it from three angles — how big it is, how the DNA is packed into chromosomes, and how completely it has been sequenced — and explain how to read each value as you go.

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Genome size1 418 100 000 bp

Measured in base pairs (bp) — the individual letters of DNA (human ≈ 3.2 Gb, a bacterium a few million). The chart places this genome on a logarithmic scale — each step to the right is ten times bigger — among reference organisms. Across species a bigger genome loosely tracks with larger cells, slower growth and lower-energy lifestyles (powered flight favours small genomes) — yet it does not imply more genes or a more advanced organism (the long-standing C-value paradox).

BACTERIUM Carsonella ruddii0.00016 Gb

FUNGUS0.04 Gb

INSECT0.25 Gb

THIS GENOME Chrysococcyx caprius1.42 Gb

HUMAN3.2 Gb

WHEAT17 Gb

FERN Tmesipteris160.45 Gb

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

2n is the full chromosome count in a normal body cell; n is a gamete (egg or sperm), which carries half. Ploidy is how many complete chromosome sets each cell holds — 2× (diploid) is typical for animals, while higher levels (polyploidy) are common in plants. Click any value below to see the underlying records and sources.

Chromosomes2n = 80 n = 40

Chromosome records80–802n range80median80mode2records

Chromosome-count records — grouped by value · 2n = full set, n = gamete · click a value for sources & references

2n 802×GoaT · Bird Chromosome Database

GoaT · Bird Chromosome Database — ↗

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type168 500 records

Wild obs. + sensor167 758

Museum / vouchered602

Cultivated / captive17

Other123

Origin

Native24

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO85 576 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy88% within 1 km

≤100 m 1 568≤1 km 508≤10 km 150>10 km 128

2 354 georeferenced · 165 404 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor167 758

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy47% within 1 km

≤100 m 10≤1 km 97≤10 km 77>10 km 45

229 georeferenced · 373 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence602

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

Coordinate accuracy100% within 1 km

≤100 m 17

17 georeferenced

Open the mapnot free-living17

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions23 of 31 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
MRAClocation not on record	95
Brussels, BE	67
South Kensington, GB	63
Philadelphia, US	51
Ann Arbor, US	50
Cambridge, US	47
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	42
New Haven, US	36
Copenhagen, DK	21
Toronto, CA	13
Seattle, US	12
Los Angeles, US	12
Geneva, CH	8
Bonn, DE	8
Barcelona, ES	6
Texas Cooperative Wildlife Collectionlocation not on record	5
Berkeley, US	4
Chicago, US	4
München, DE	4
Instituto de Investigação Científica Tropicallocation not on record	4
CPMMlocation not on record	4
Paris, FR	3
Washington, US	3
Vancouver, CA	2
	2
Stockholm, SE	2
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record	1
Universidad de Caldas (UCaldas)location not on record	1
Salzburg, AT	1
Florida Museum of Natural History- Zoology, Paleontology & Paleobotanylocation not on record	1
Bourges, FR	1

31 institutions · 573 of 602 vouchered records shown · 29 without an institution code

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

A living individual in a botanical garden, zoo or nursery — cultivated or kept, not free-living.

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Chrysococcyx caprius

At a glance

Sources9 archives

Size & morphology13

Life cycle & reproduction3

Diet & foraging9

Habitat & environment4

At a glance

Genome sizehow big the whole instruction manual is

Chromosomes & ploidyhow the DNA is packaged

Record type168 500 records

Origin

Range

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions23 of 31 geolocated

Cultivated / Captivenot free-living

Record type168 500 records