Phoenicircus

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]

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

Taxonomy

The genus Phoenicircus was introduced in 1832 by the English naturalist William 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 and lower Amazon river valley
	Phoenicircus nigricollis	Black-necked red cotinga	Amazonia