Biology:Phoenicircus
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Short description: Genus of birds
| Phoenicircus | |
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| Guianan red cotinga (Phoenicircus carnifex) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Passeriformes |
| Family: | Cotingidae |
| Genus: | Phoenicircus Swainson, 1832 |
| Type species | |
| Lanius carnifex (Guianan red cotinga) Linnaeus, 1758
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Phoenicircus is a genus of birds in the family Cotingidae. They have a bright red breast, crown, tail, and rump with the Guianan species having dark brown wings and the black-necked species having black wings. They are frugivores, eating primarily berries and drupes.[1]
Taxonomy
The genus Phoenicircus was introduced in 1832 by the English naturalist William John Swainson.[2] The type species was designated as the Guianan red cotinga by George Robert Gray in 1840.[3][4] The name combines the Ancient Greek phoinikeos meaning "crimson" or "dark red" with kerkos meaning "tail".[5]
The genus contains the following two species:[6]
| Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Phoenicircus carnifex | Guianan red cotinga | Guianas in Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana |
| Phoenicircus nigricollis | Black-necked red cotinga | Brazil |
References
- ↑ Trail, Pepper W.; Donahue, Paul (1991). "Notes on the behavior and ecology of the red-cotingas (Contingidae: Phoenicircus)". The Wilson Bulletin 103 (4): 539–768. https://sora.unm.edu/sites/default/files/journals/wilson/v103n04/p0539-p0551.pdf.
- ↑ Swainson, William John; Richardson, J. (1831). Fauna Boreali-Americana, or, The Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America. Part 2. The Birds. London: J. Murray. p. 491. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/41549936. The title page bears the year 1831 but the volume was not published until 1832.
- ↑ Gray, George Robert (1840). A List of the Genera of Birds : with an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus. London: R. and J.E. Taylor. p. 33. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13668927.
- ↑ Traylor, Melvin A. Jr, ed (1979). Check-List of Birds of the World. 8. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 281. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14501058.
- ↑ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 303. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4. https://archive.org/stream/Helm_Dictionary_of_Scientific_Bird_Names_by_James_A._Jobling#page/n303/mode/1up.
- ↑ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds (July 2022). "Cotingas, manakins, tityras, becards". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. http://www.worldbirdnames.org/bow/cotingas/.
Wikidata ☰ Q279511 entry
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