Dromococcyx

Dromococcyx
Pheasant cuckoo (Dromococcyx phasianellus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Genus: Dromococcyx
Wied-Neuwied, 1832
Type species
Macropus phasianellus[1]
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.[2] 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).

  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.