Phaenicophaeinae

Belongs within: Cuculidae.

The Phaenicophaeinae are a group of non-parasitic cuckoos with a long, graduated tail, found in the New World and the Old World tropics.

<==PhaenicophaeinaeB94
    |  i. s.: Zanclostomus Swainson 1837 [Zanclostominae]B94
    |           `--Z. javanicusAP21
    |         Saurothera Vieillot 1816 [Saurotherinae]B94
    |           |--S. merliniMS55
    |           |    |--S. m. merliniMS55
    |           |    `--S. m. bahamensisMS55
    |           |--S. vetulaMS55
    |           `--S. vieillotiSWK87
    |--CoccycuaBKB15
    |    |--C. cinereaBKB15
    |    |--C. minutaAP21
    |    |--C. pumilaJT12
    |    `--C. rutilaS18
    |         |--C. r. rutilaS18
    |         `--C. r. panamensisS18
    `--+--+--+--‘Phaenicophaeus’ calyorhynchusJT12
       |  |  `--+--‘Phaenicophaeus’ cumingiJT12
       |  |     `--‘Phaenicophaeus’ superciliosusBKB15
       |  `--Clamator Kaup 1829BKB15, B94 [incl. Coccystes Gloger 1842B94; Clamatorinae, Coccystinae]
       |       |--C. coromandusJT12
       |       `--+--C. glandarius (Linnaeus 1758)JT12, M-PG70 [=Cuculus glandariusM-PG70]
       |          `--+--C. jacobinusJT12
       |             |    |--C. j. jacobinusM-PG70
       |             |    `--C. j. serratus (Sparrman 1786) [=Cuculus serratus; incl. Cl. hypopinarus, Cl. jaconibus pica]M-PG70
       |             `--C. levaillanti (Swainson 1829)JT12, M-PG70 [=Coccyzus levaillantiM-PG70; incl. Cl. caferM-PG70]
       `--+--Piaya Lesson 1830BKB15, B94 [Piayinae]
          |    |--P. cayanaBKB15
          |    |    |--P. c. cayanaFS55
          |    |    |--P. c. stirtoniFS55
          |    |    `--P. c. thermophilaS18
          |    |--P. melanogasterBKB15
          |    |--P. minutaSS66
          |    `--P. nigricrissaSS66
          `--+--Phaenicophaeus Stephen 1815BKB15, B94
             |    |--+--P. javanicusJT12
             |    |  `--P. leschenaultiiJT12
             |    `--+--P. curvirostrisJT12
             |       `--+--+--P. pyrrhocephalusJT12
             |          |  `--P. sumatranusJT12
             |          `--+--P. viridirostrisJT12
             |             `--+--P. diardiJT12
             |                `--P. tristisJT12
             `--Coccyzus Vieillot 1816BKB15, B94 [Coccyzidae, Coccyzinae]
                  |  i. s.: C. ferrugineus Gould 1843AP21, G43
                  |         C. minorAP21
                  |--+--C. erythropthalmusJT12
                  |  `--+--C. melacoryphusBKB15
                  |     `--+--C. americanus (Linnaeus 1758)BKB15, S05 [=Cuculus americanusS05, Coccyzon americanusS05]
                  |        `--C. euleriJT12
                  `--+--C. lansbergiJT12
                     `--+--+--C. pluvialisJT12
                        |  `--C. rufigularisJT12
                        `--+--+--C. longirostrisBKB15
                           |  `--C. vieillotiBKB15
                           `--+--C. merliniBKB15
                              `--C. vetulaBKB15

*Type species of generic name indicated

References

[AP21] Arlott, N., & B. van Perlo. 2021. Collins Birds of the World. William Collins.

[B94] Bock, W. J. 1994. History and nomenclature of avian family-group names. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 222: 1–281.

[BKB15] Burleigh, J. G., R. T. Kimball & E. L. Braun. 2015. Building the avian tree of life using a large-scale, sparse supermatrix. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 84: 53–63.

[FS55] Felten, H., & J. Steinbacher. 1955. Zur Vogelfauna von El Salvador. Senckenbergiana Biologica 36 (1–2): 9–19.

[F43] Fraser, L. 1843. On Cricetomys gambianus and various species of birds from western Africa. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 11: 51–53.

[G43] Gould, J. 1843. On nine new birds collected during the voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 11: 103–108.

[JT12] Jetz, W., G. H. Thomas, J. B. Joy, K. Hartmann & A. Ø. Mooers. 2012. The global diversity of birds in space and time. Nature 491: 444–448.

[M-PG70] Mackworth-Praed, C. W., & C. H. B. Grant. 1970. African Handbook of Birds ser. 3 vol. 1. Birds of West Central and Western Africa. Longman: London.

[MS55] Mertens, R., & J. Steinbacher. 1955. Die im Senckenberg-Museum vorhandenen Arten ausgestorbener, aussterbender oder seltener Vögel. Senckenbergiana Biologica 36 (3–4): 241–265.

[S05] Schalow, H. 1905. Die Vögel der Arktis. In: Römer, F., & F. Schaudinn (eds) Fauna Arctica. Eine Zusammenstellun der arktischen Tierformen, mit besonder Berücksichtigung des Spitzbergen-Gebietes auf Grund der Ergebnisse der Deutschen Expedition in das Nördliche Eismeer im Jahre 1898 vol. 4 pp. 79–288. Gustav Fischer: Jena.

[SS66] Sclater, P. L., & O. Salvin. 1866. Catalogue of birds collected by Mr. E. Bartlett on the River Uyacali, Eastern Peru, with notes and descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866: 175–201.

[SWK87] Snyder, N. F. R., J. W. Wiley & C. B. Kepler. 1987. The Parrots of Luquillo: Natural history and conservation of the Puerto Rican parrot. Western Foundation of Vertebrate Zoology: Los Angeles.

[S18] Stone, W. 1918. Birds of the Panama Canal Zone, with special reference to a collection made by Mr. Lindsey L. Jewel. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 70: 239–280.