Phoenicircus

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Phoenicircus

Guianan red cotinga (Phoenicircus carnifex)
Scientific classification
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

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

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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
	Phoenicircus carnifex	Guianan red cotinga	Guianas in Guyana, Suriname and French Guiana
	Phoenicircus nigricollis	Black-necked red cotinga	Brazil

References

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^ 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.

Genera of passerines and their extinct allies

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Clade: Psittacopasseres
Order: Passeriformes

Passeriformes

incertae sedis

†Corvitalusoides
†Jamna
†Winnicavis
†Yunnanus

Acanthisitti

Acanthisittidae	Acanthisitta †Dendroscansor †Kuiornis †Pachyplichas †Traversia Xenicus

Eupasseres

Tyranni

†Crosnoornis
†Wieslochia

Eurylaimides

Calyptomenidae	Calyptomena Smithornis
Eurylaimidae	Corydon Cymbirhynchus Eurylaimus Psarisomus Pseudocalyptomena Sarcophanops Serilophus
Philepittidae	Neodrepanis Philepitta
Pittidae	Erythropitta Hydrornis Pitta
Sapayoidae	Sapayoa

Tyrannides

- See below ↓

Passeri

- See below ↓

Chamaeza
Formicarius

Furnariidae

Berlepschia
†Pseudoseisuropsis

Sclerurinae

Geositta
Sclerurus

Dendrocolaptinae

Dendrocolaptini	Campylorhamphus Dendrexetastes Dendrocolaptes Dendroplex Drymornis Drymotoxeres Glyphorynchus Hylexetastes Lepidocolaptes Nasica Xiphocolaptes Xiphorhynchus
Sittasomini	Certhiasomus Dendrocincla Deconychura Sittasomus

Furnariinae

Xenops
Pygarrhichini	Microxenops Ochetorhynchus Pygarrhichas
Furnariini	Cinclodes Furnarius Geocerthia Limnornis Lochmias Phleocryptes Premnornis Pseudocolaptes Tarphonomus Upucerthia
Philydorini	Anabacerthia Anabazenops Ancistrops Automolus Cichlocolaptes Clibanornis Dendroma Heliobletus Megaxenops Philydor Syndactyla Thripadectes
Synallaxini	Acrobatornis Anumbius Aphrastura Asthenes Certhiaxis Coryphistera Cranioleuca Hellmayrea Leptasthenura Limnoctites Margarornis Mazaria Metopothrix Phacellodomus Premnoplex Pseudasthenes Pseudoseisura Roraimia Schoeniophylax Siptornis Spartonoica Sylviorthorhynchus Synallaxis Thripophaga Xenerpestes

Grallariidae

Melanopareiidae

Melanopareia

Euchrepomis

Myrmornithinae

Thamnophilinae

Formicivorini	Formicivora Myrmochanes Myrmotherula Terenura
Microrhopiini	Ammonastes Aprositornis Clytoctantes Epinecrophylla Microrhopias Myrmophylax Myrmorchilus Neoctantes
Pithyini	Cercomacra Cercomacroides Drymophila Gymnopithys Hypocnemis Oneillornis Phaenostictus Phlegopsis Pithys Rhegmatorhina Sciaphylax Willisornis
Pyriglenini	Akletos Ampelornis Gymnocichla Hafferia Hylophylax Hypocnemoides Myrmeciza Myrmelastes Myrmoborus Myrmoderus Percnostola Poliocrania Pyriglena Rhopornis Sclateria Sipia
Thamnophilini	Batara Biatas Cymbilaimus Dichrozona Dysithamnus Frederickena Herpsilochmus Hypoedaleus Isleria Mackenziaena Megastictus Radinopsyche Rhopias Sakesphoroides Sakesphorus Taraba Thamnomanes Thamnophilus Xenornis

†Resoviaornis

Atrichornis

Callaeidae

Climacteridae

Climacteris
Cormobates

Cnemophilidae

Cnemophilus
Loboparadisea

Dasyornithidae

Dasyornis

Maluridae

Amytornithinae

Amytornis

Malurinae

Malurini	Chenorhamphus Clytomyias Malurus Sipodotus
Stipiturini	Stipiturus

Melanocharitidae

Meliphagidae

Menuridae

Menura

Notiomystidae

Notiomystis

Orthonychidae

Orthonyx

†Palaeoscinidae

Palaeoscinis

Pardalotidae

Pardalotus

Pomatostomidae

Garritornis
Pomatostomus

Ptilonorhynchidae

Corvides

- See Corvides

Passerida

- See Passerida

Taxon identifiers
Phoenicircus	Wikidata: Q279511 Wikispecies: Phoenicircus ADW: Phoenicircus Avibase: 25CBF8E7E798D2CE BioLib: 28723 BOLD: 111331 CoL: 63MGD EoL: 92786 GBIF: 2486343 iNaturalist: 8890 IRMNG: 1035095 ITIS: 558052 NCBI: 114337 Open Tree of Life: 931731

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