Cercococcyx

Genus of birds

Cercococcyx
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Cercococcyx
Cabanis, 1882
Type species
Cercococcyx mechowi[1]
Cabanis, 1882

Cercococcyx is a genus of cuckoos in the family Cuculidae,[2][3][4] known as the long-tailed cuckoos.

Species

Cercococcyx contains the following species:[5]

  • Whistling long-tailed cuckoo (Cercococcyx lemaireae)
  • Barred long-tailed cuckoo (Cercococcyx montanus)
  • Dusky long-tailed cuckoo (Cercococcyx mechowi)
  • Olive long-tailed cuckoo (Cercococcyx olivinus)

Many sources do not recognize Cercococcyx lemaireae[2][3][4] as distinct from Cercococcyx mechowi.[3][5]

References

  1. ^ "Cuculidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  2. ^ a b "Cercococcyx Cabanis, 1882". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P., eds. (January 2023). "Turacos, bustards, cuckoos, mesites, sandgrouse". IOC World Bird List v13.1. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  4. ^ a b Winkler, David W.; Billerman, Shawn M.; Lovette, Irby J. (4 March 2020). Billerman, Shawn M.; Keeney, Brooke K.; Rodewald, Paul G.; Schulenberg, Thomas S. (eds.). "Cuckoos (Cuculidae)". Birds of the World. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. doi:10.2173/bow.cuculi1.01. S2CID 241787139. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  5. ^ a b "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". Retrieved 5 April 2023.
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Taxon identifiers
Cercococcyx


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