Phaenicophaeus
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''Phaenicophaeus'' is a genus of seven species of cuckoos in the family Cuculidae that are found in
South South is one of the cardinal directions or compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both west and east. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþa ...
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Taxonomy

The genus ''Phaenicophaeus'' was introduced in 1815 by the English naturalist
James Francis Stephens James Francis Stephens (16 September 1792 – 22 December 1852) was an England, English entomologist and naturalist. He is known for his 12 volume ''Illustrations of British Entomology'' (1846) and the ''Manual of British Beetles'' (1839). ...
. He included three species in the genus but in 1940 James L. Peters designated one of these, ''Cuculus pyrrhocephalus'' Pennant, 1769 (the
red-faced malkoha The red-faced malkoha (''Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus'') is a member of the cuckoo order of birds, the Cuculiformes. This malkoha species is endemic to Sri Lanka Description This is a large species at 46 cm with a long graduated tail. I ...
), as the
type species In International_Code_of_Zoological_Nomenclature, zoological nomenclature, a type species (''species typica'') is the species name with which the name of a genus or subgenus is considered to be permanently taxonomically associated, i.e., the spe ...
. The genus name is from
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φοινικοφαης (''phoinikophaēs'') meaning "of crimson appearance" or "red-gleaming".


Species

The genus contains seven species.


References


External links

* * {{Taxonbar, from=Q2283955 Bird genera Phaenicophaeus