Biology:Cercococcyx
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Short description: Genus of birds
| Cercococcyx | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Genus: | Cercococcyx Cabanis, 1882 |
| Type species | |
| Cercococcyx mechowi[1] Cabanis, 1882
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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
- ↑ "Cuculidae". The Trust for Avian Systematics. https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=70.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Cercococcyx Cabanis, 1882". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=553624.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Turacos, bustards, cuckoos, mesites, sandgrouse". January 2023. https://www.worldbirdnames.org/new/bow/turacos/.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Winkler, David W.; Billerman, Shawn M.; Lovette, Irby J. (4 March 2020). "Cuckoos (Cuculidae)" (in en). Birds of the World (Cornell Lab of Ornithology). doi:10.2173/bow.cuculi1.01. https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/cuculi1/1.0/introduction. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". http://www.iucnredlist.org/.
Wikidata ☰ Q859633 entry
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