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]
| 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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Taxonomy
editThe 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 |
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Phoenicircus nigricollis | Black-necked red cotinga | Brazil |
References
edit- ^ Trail, Pepper W.; Donahue, Paul (1991). "Notes on the behavior and ecology of the red-cotingas (Contingidae: Phoenicircus)" (PDF). The Wilson Bulletin. 103 (4): 539–768.
- ^ Swainson, William John; Richardson, J. (1831). Fauna Boreali-Americana, or, The Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America. Vol. Part 2. The Birds. London: J. Murray. p. 491. 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.
- ^ Traylor, Melvin A. Jr, ed. (1979). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 8. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 281.
- ^ Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 303. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^ Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (July 2022). "Cotingas, manakins, tityras, becards". IOC World Bird List Version 11.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
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