Cercococcyx
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| taxon = Cercococcyx
| authority = Cabanis, 1882
| type_species = Cercococcyx mechowi{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=70 |title= Cuculidae |author= |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-08-05}}
| type_species_authority = Cabanis, 1882
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Cercococcyx is a genus of cuckoos in the family Cuculidae,{{ITIS |id=553624 |taxon=Cercococcyx Cabanis, 1882 |access-date=5 April 2023}} known as the long-tailed cuckoos.
Species
Cercococcyx contains the following species:{{cite web | title = IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | url = http://www.iucnredlist.org/ | access-date = 5 April 2023}}
- 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 lemaireae as distinct from Cercococcyx mechowi.
References
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{{Cite journal |last1=Winkler |first1=David W. |last2=Billerman |first2=Shawn M. |last3=Lovette |first3=Irby J. |editor-first1=Shawn M. |editor-first2=Brooke K. |editor-first3=Paul G. |editor-first4=Thomas S. |editor-last1=Billerman |editor-last2=Keeney |editor-last3=Rodewald |editor-last4=Schulenberg |date=4 March 2020 |title=Cuckoos (Cuculidae) |url=https://birdsoftheworld.org/bow/species/cuculi1/1.0/introduction |journal=Birds of the World |language=en |publisher=Cornell Lab of Ornithology |doi=10.2173/bow.cuculi1.01 |s2cid=241787139 |access-date=5 April 2023 |url-access=subscription }}
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Category:Birds of the African tropical rainforest
Category:Taxa named by Jean Cabanis
Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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