Dromococcyx
Appearance
Dromococcyx | |
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Pheasant cuckoo (Dromococcyx phasianellus) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Cuculiformes |
Family: | Cuculidae |
Genus: | Dromococcyx Wied-Neuwied, 1832 |
Type species | |
Macropus phasianellus[1] von Spix, 1824
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Dromococcyx is a genus of uncommon to rare cuckoos found in forests and woodlands of the Neotropics. While rarely seen, both species are very vocal.[2] They have strikingly graduated tails, and are among the few cuckoos of the Americas that are brood parasites (the only other is the striped cuckoo).
Species
[edit]The genus contains the following species:[3]
Common name | Scientific name and subspecies | Range | Size and ecology | IUCN status and estimated population |
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Pavonine cuckoo | Dromococcyx pavoninus Pelzeln, 1870 |
Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela![]() |
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Pheasant cuckoo | Dromococcyx phasianellus (Spix, 1824) |
Central and South America![]() |
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References
[edit]- ^ "Cuculidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- ^ Ridgely, Robert S.; Gwynne, John A.; Tudor, Guy; Argel, Martha (2016). Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil: The Atlantic Forest of Southeast Brazil, Including São Paolo and Rio de Janeiro. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. p. 152. ISBN 978-1-5017-0453-6.
- ^ "ITIS Report: Dromococcyx". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 May 2010.