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Dromococcyx
Pheasant cuckoo (Dromococcyx phasianellus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Cuculiformes
Family:	Cuculidae
Genus:	Dromococcyx Wied-Neuwied, 1832
Type species
Macropus phasianellus von Spix, 1824

Dromococcyx is a genus of uncommon to rare cuckoos found in forests and woodlands of the Neotropics. While rarely seen, both species are very vocal. They have strikingly graduated tails, and are among the few cuckoos of the Americas that are brood parasites (the only other is the striped cuckoo).

Species

The genus contains the following species:

Genus Dromococcyx – Wied-Neuwied, 1832 – two species

Common name	Scientific name and subspecies	Range	Size and ecology	IUCN status and estimated population
Pavonine cuckoo	Dromococcyx pavoninus Pelzeln, 1870	Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC
Pheasant cuckoo	Dromococcyx phasianellus (Spix, 1824)	Central and South America	Size: Habitat: Diet:	LC

References

1. "Cuculidae". aviansystematics.org. The Trust for Avian Systematics. Retrieved 2023-08-05.
2. Ridgely, Robert S.; Gwynne, John A.; Tudor, Guy; Argel, Martha (2016). Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil: The Atlantic Forest of Southeast Brazil, Including São Paolo and Rio de Janeiro. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. p. 152. ISBN 978-1-5017-0453-6.
3. "ITIS Report: Dromococcyx". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 22 May 2010.

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Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Clade: Passerea Clade: Otidimorphae
Otidimorphae Musophagiformes †Foro? Musophagidae †Veflintornis Corythaeolinae Corythaeola Criniferinae Crinifer Musophaginae Gallirex Menelikornis Tauraco Otidiformes Otididae Afrotis Ardeotis Chlamydotis Eupodotis †Gryzaja Houbaropsis †Ioriotis Lissotis Lophotis †Miootis Neotis Otis †Pleotis Sypheotides Tetrax Cuculiformes See below ↓
Cuculiformes incertae sedis †Eutreptodactylus Cuculidae †Chamnbicuculus †Dynamopterus †Eocuculus †Neococcyx †Procuculus †Thomasococcyx Centropodinae Centropus Couinae Carpococcyx Coua Crotophaginae Crotophaga Guira Cuculinae Rhinortha Phaenicophaeini Ceuthmochares Clamator Coccycua Coccyzus Dasylophus Phaenicophaeus Piaya Rhamphococcyx Taccocua Zanclostomus Cuculini Cacomantis Cercococcyx Chrysococcyx Cuculus Eudynamys Hierococcyx Microdynamis †Nannococcyx Pachycoccyx Scythrops Surniculus Urodynamis Neomorphinae †Cursoricoccyx Dromococcyx Geococcyx Morococcyx Neomorphus Tapera

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