Phoenicircus

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

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

^ 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.

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[1] 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.

[2] 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.

[3] 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.

[4] Traylor, Melvin A. Jr, ed. (1979). Check-List of Birds of the World. Vol. 8. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Museum of Comparative Zoology. p. 281.

[5] Jobling, James A. (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. p. 303. ISBN 978-1-4081-2501-4.

[ioc-6] 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.

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