Phoenicircus Explained
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 | | Guianas in Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana |
| Phoenicircus nigricollis | Black-necked red cotinga | Brazil |
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Notes and 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 .
- Book: Swainson . William John . William John Swainson . Richardson . J. . John Richardson (naturalist) . 1831 . Fauna Boreali-Americana, or, The Zoology of the Northern Parts of British America . Part 2. The Birds . J. Murray . London . 491 . The title page bears the year 1831 but the volume was not published until 1832.
- Book: Gray, George Robert . George Robert Gray . 1840 . A List of the Genera of Birds : with an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus . London . R. and J.E. Taylor . 33 .
- Book: Traylor . Melvin A. Jr . Melvin Alvah Traylor Jr. . 1979 . Check-List of Birds of the World . 8 . Museum of Comparative Zoology . Cambridge, Massachusetts . 281 .
- Book: Jobling, James A. . 2010. The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names . Christopher Helm . London . 978-1-4081-2501-4 . 303 .
- Web site: Gill . Frank . Frank Gill (ornithologist) . Donsker . David . Rasmussen . Pamela . Pamela Rasmussen . July 2022 . Cotingas, manakins, tityras, becards . IOC World Bird List Version 11.2 . International Ornithologists' Union . 5 October 2021 .
