''Cercococcyx'' is a genus of
cuckoo
Cuckoos are birds in the Cuculidae family, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes . The cuckoo family includes the common or European cuckoo, roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals and anis. The coucals and anis are sometimes separat ...
s in the family
Cuculidae
Cuckoos are birds in the Cuculidae family, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes . The cuckoo family includes the common or European cuckoo, roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals and anis. The coucals and anis are sometimes separ ...
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[ known as the long-tailed cuckoos.
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Species
''Cercococcyx'' contains the following species:Whistling long-tailed cuckoo
The whistling long-tailed cuckoo (''Cercococcyx lemaireae'') is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. It is distributed in West Africa and western Central Africa, from west of the Bakossi Mountains in Cameroon west to Sierra Leone.
It w ...
(''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''.][
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References
Cuculidae
Bird genera
Taxa named by Jean Cabanis
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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