Dromococcyx

Dromococcyx
Pheasant cuckoo (Dromococcyx phasianellus)
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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

The genus contains the following species:[3]

Genus Dromococcyx – Wied-Neuwied, 1832 – two species
Common name Scientific name and subspecies Range Size and ecology IUCN status and estimated population
Pavonine cuckoo

Dromococcyx pavoninus
Pelzeln, 1870 		Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 


Pheasant cuckoo

Dromococcyx phasianellus
(Spix, 1824) 		Central and South America
Map of range 		Size:

Habitat:

Diet: 		 LC 



References

  1. ^ "Cuculidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "ITIS Report: Dromococcyx". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 May 2010.


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