Nannococcyx Olson 1975 (cuckoo)

Aves - Cuculiformes - Cuculidae

Full reference: S. L. Olson. 1975. Paleornithology of St. Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 23:1-49

Parent taxon: Cuculidae according to S. L. Olson 1975

Sister taxa: Cacomantis, Centropodinae, Centropus, Chrysococcyx, Coccyzus, Coua, Crotophaga, Crotophaginae, Cuculinae, Cuculus, Dromococcyx, Dynamopteryx, Eocuculus, Eudynamys, Eutreptodactylus, Geococcyx, Morococcyx, Necrornis, Neococcyx, Neomorphinae, Phaenicophacinae, Procuculus, Thomasococcyx, Urodynamis, Veflintornis

Subtaxa: Nannococcyx psix

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Type: Nannococcyx psix

Ecology: volant insectivore

Distribution: found only at Prosperous Bay (MCZ collection) (Quaternary of Saint Helena)

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