Saint Helena cuckoo

Extinct species of bird

Saint Helena cuckoo

Conservation status

Extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Aves
Order:  | Cuculiformes
Family:  | Cuculidae
Genus:  | †Nannococcyx
Olson, 1975
Species:  |

†N. psix

Binomial name
†Nannococcyx psix

Olson, 1975

Location of Saint Helena

The Saint Helena cuckoo (Nannococcyx psix) is an extinct bird. It was confirmed to have previously existed by a single humerus. Compared to other cuckoos, it was relatively small and it probably lived in forests on the island of Saint Helena. Its extinction was a result of deforestation on the island in the 18th century.

## References

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1. ^ BirdLife International (2016). "Nannococcyx psix". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016. IUCN: e.T22728841A94998433. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T22728841A94998433.en. Retrieved 15 January 2018.

* BirdLife Species Factsheet.

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Genera of cuckoos, bustards, turacos and their extinct allies

* Kingdom: Animalia
* Phylum: Chordata
* Class: Aves
* Clade: Passerea
* Clade: Otidimorphae

Otidimorphae

| Musophagiformes|

* †Foro?

Musophagidae

* †Veflintornis

Corythaeolinae|

* Corythaeola

Criniferinae|

* Crinifer

Musophaginae|

* Gallirex
* Menelikornis
* Tauraco

Otidiformes|

| Otididae|

* Afrotis
* Ardeotis
* Chlamydotis
* Eupodotis
* †Gryzaja
* Houbaropsis
* †Ioriotis
* Lissotis
* Lophotis
* †Miootis
* Neotis
* Otis
* †Pleotis
* Sypheotides
* Tetrax

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Cuculiformes|

*     * See below ↓

Cuculiformes

| incertae sedis|

* †Eutreptodactylus

|

Cuculidae|

* †Chamnbicuculus
* †Dynamopterus
* †Eocuculus
* †Neococcyx
* †Procuculus
* †Thomasococcyx

Centropodinae|

* Centropus

Couinae|

* Carpococcyx
* Coua

Crotophaginae|

* Crotophaga
* Guira

Cuculinae|

* Rhinortha

Phaenicophaeini|

* Ceuthmochares
* Clamator
* Coccycua
* Coccyzus
* Dasylophus
* Phaenicophaeus
* Piaya
* Rhamphococcyx
* Taccocua
* Zanclostomus

Cuculini|

* Cacomantis
* Cercococcyx
* Chrysococcyx
* Cuculus
* Eudynamys
* Hierococcyx
* Microdynamis
* †Nannococcyx
* Pachycoccyx
* Scythrops
* Surniculus
* Urodynamis

Neomorphinae|

* †Cursoricoccyx
* Dromococcyx
* Geococcyx
* Morococcyx
* Neomorphus
* Tapera

Taxon identifiers

Nannococcyx psix|

* Wikidata: Q1514086
* Wikispecies: Nannococcyx psix
* Avibase: AD251783ED0CB9D3
* BirdLife: 22728841
* BOW: sthcuc1
* eBird: sthcuc1
* EoL: 7241250
* GBIF: 5788380
* iNaturalist: 106501
* IUCN: 22728841
* Paleobiology Database: 335274
* Xeno-canto: Nannococcyx-psix

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*[†]: Extinct