{{short description|Genus of birds}} {{Automatic taxobox | image = Dromococcyx phasianellus - Pheasant Cuckoo; Caxias, Maranhão, Brazil.jpg | image_caption = Pheasant cuckoo (''Dromococcyx phasianellus'') | taxon = Dromococcyx | authority = Wied-Neuwied, 1832 | type_species = ''Macropus phasianellus''<ref name=HM4>{{cite web |url= https://www.aviansystematics.org/4th-edition-checklist?viewfamilies=70 |title= Cuculidae |author=<!--Not stated--> |date= |website= aviansystematics.org |publisher= The Trust for Avian Systematics |access-date= 2023-08-05}}</ref> | type_species_authority = von Spix, 1824 }}
'''''Dromococcyx''''' is a genus of uncommon to rare cuckoos found in forests and woodlands of the Neotropics. While rarely seen, both species are very vocal.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ridgely |first1=Robert S. |author-link1=Robert S. Ridgely |last2=Gwynne |first2=John A. |last3=Tudor |first3=Guy | last4=Argel |first4=Martha |date=2016 |title=Wildlife Conservation Society Birds of Brazil: The Atlantic Forest of Southeast Brazil, Including São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro |location=Ithaca, New York |publisher=Cornell University Press |page= 152|isbn=978-1-5017-0453-6}}</ref> They have strikingly graduated tails, and are among the few cuckoos of the Americas that are brood parasites (the only other is the striped cuckoo).
==Species== The genus contains the following species:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=553643 |title=ITIS Report: ''Dromococcyx'' |accessdate=22 May 2010 |publisher=Integrated Taxonomic Information System}}</ref>
{{Species table |genus= Dromococcyx |authority-name=Wied-Neuwied |authority-year=1832 |species-count=two|no-note=y|narrow-percent=75}}
{{Species table/row |name=Pavonine cuckoo |binomial=Dromococcyx pavoninus |image=File:Dromococcyx pavoninus.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Pelzeln |authority-year= 1870|authority-not-original= |range= Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, and Venezuela |range-image=File:Dromococcyx pavoninus map.svg |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies= }}
{{Species table/row |name= Pheasant cuckoo|binomial=Dromococcyx phasianellus |image=File:Pheasant Cuckoo.jpg|image-size=180px |image-alt= |authority-name=Spix |authority-year=1824 |authority-not-original=yes |range= Central and South America |range-image=File:Dromococcyx phasianellus map.svg |range-image-size=180px |size= |habitat= |hunting= |iucn-status= LC |population= |direction= |subspecies= }} {{Species table/end}}
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==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Dromococcyx Category:Neomorphinae Category:Bird genera Category:Birds of South America Category:Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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