| Cercococcyx | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Genus: | Cercococcyx Cabanis, 1882 |
| Type species | |
| Cercococcyx mechowi1 Cabanis, 1882
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Cercococcyx is a genus of cuckoos in the family Cuculidae,234 known as the long-tailed cuckoos.
Species
Cercococcyx contains the following species:5
- Whistling long-tailed cuckoo (Cercococcyx lemaireae)
- Barred long-tailed cuckoo (Cercococcyx montanus)
- Dusky long-tailed cuckoo (Cercococcyx mechowi)
- Olive long-tailed cuckoo (Cercococcyx olivinus)
Many sources do not recognize Cercococcyx lemaireae234 as distinct from Cercococcyx mechowi.35
References
References
- "Cuculidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
- "Cercococcyx Cabanis, 1882". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P., eds. (January 2023). "Turacos, bustards, cuckoos, mesites, sandgrouse". IOC World Bird List v13.1. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- Winkler, David W.; Billerman, Shawn M.; Lovette, Irby J. (4 March 2020). Billerman, Shawn M.; Keeney, Brooke K.; Rodewald, Paul G.; Schulenberg, Thomas S. (eds.). "Cuckoos (Cuculidae)". Birds of the World. Cornell Lab of Ornithology. doi:10.2173/bow.cuculi1.01. S2CID 241787139. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
- "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". Retrieved 5 April 2023.