Bird genera

Eclectus is a genus of parrot, the Psittaciformes, which consists of four known extant species known as eclectus parrots and the extinct Eclectus infectus, the oceanic eclectus parrot. The extant eclectus parrots are medium-sized parrots native to regions of Oceania, particularly New Guinea and Australia. Males are mostly bright green, females are predominantly bright red. The male and female eclectus were once thought to be different species. The conservation status of the remaining species is least concern. Eclectus parrots do well in captivity, and are a very popular pet across the world.

Drepanornis is a genus of bird-of-paradise found in forests of New Guinea. They have long decurved sickle-like bills and an overall brown plumage.

Schistes is a genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae. It was long considered to have only one species, the wedge-billed hummingbird but this species was split. The genus now includes two species:

Anabathmis is a genus of sunbirds. ==Species== It contains three species:

Cormobates is a genus of bird in the Australasian treecreeper family. Its scientific name means ‘trunk-creeper’, from the Greek ' (, ‘tree trunk’) and ' (, ‘one who treads’).

Ispidina is a genus of small insectivorous African river kingfishers.

Xanthotis is a genus of birds in the honeyeater family Meliphagidae.

Calendulauda is a genus of lark in the family Alaudidae. Established by Edward Blyth in 1855, it contains eight species.

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Nonnula is a genus of puffbird in the Bucconidae family. They are commonly known as nunlets.

Myrmothera is a genus of birds belonging to the antpitta family Grallariidae that are found in Middle and South America.

Heleia is a genus of birds in the white-eye family Zosteropidae. One species, the Timor heleia is restricted to the island of Timor. The pygmy heleia is endemic to the island of Borneo. The thick-billed heleia, occurs on Flores and Sumbawa.

Hylexetastes is a genus of birds in the Dendrocolaptinae subfamily. ==Species== The genus contains the following species:

Stelgidopteryx (Baird, 1858) is a small genus of swallows. It contains two species:

Piaya is a small genus of relatively large and long-tailed cuckoos, which occur in Mexico, Central America and South America.

Bucanetes is a genus of passerine birds in the finch family. It contains two species:

Sublegatus is a genus of birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.

Carpodectes is a genus of passerine birds in the family Cotingidae.

Tyranneutes is a genus of South American birds in the family Pipridae. Both sexes somewhat resemble females of other manakins, but are even smaller. They are native to the humid forests in the Amazon and the Guianas. The two species are entirely allopatric (their distributions separated by major rivers).

Gecinulus is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae. The species are found in South and Southeast Asia.

Nyctiphrynus is a genus of birds in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae that are found in Middle and South America.

Aphelocephala is a genus of bird in the thornbill family Acanthizidae. The three species are collectively known as whitefaces. They are endemic to Australia, generally occurring in the arid centre of the continent. They are a striking looking bird, particularly compared to their duller looking relatives, having dark upperparts and white breasts and faces (as suggested by the name). Two species, the chestnut-breasted and banded whitefaces, break up the white undersides with a darker band (or double band). The three species have stubby bills and unlike the rest of the Acanthizidae they consume l

Pyrilia is a genus of parrots in the family Psittacidae. It was recently split from the now-monotypic Pionopsitta, and then briefly moved to Gypopsitta. But as Pyrilia was published a few months before Gypopsitta, the latter is a junior synonym.

Bucco is a genus of birds in the puffbird family Bucconidae. Birds in the genus are native to the Americas.

Elminia is a genus of bird in the flycatcher family Stenostiridae. The genus is endemic to Africa. It contains the following species: African blue flycatcher (Elminia longicauda) White-tailed blue flycatcher (Elminia albicauda) White-bellied crested flycatcher (Elminia albiventris) White-tailed crested flycatcher (Elminia albonotata) Dusky crested flycatcher (Elminia nigromitrata)

Ceuthmochares is a genus of 2 species of cuckoos in the family Cuculidae. The two species were once treated as a single species, known as the yellowbill. Both species are found in evergreen forest in Africa. Although they are cuckoos they are not brood parasites. This indicates that they do not lay their eggs in the nests of other bird species.

Chrysothlypis is a small genus of tanagers found in humid forests of southern Central America and the Chocó in South America. The males of these small birds are strikingly yellow and black or red and white, while the females are much duller.

The liocichlas are a group of birds in the genus of the same name, Liocichla, from the family Leiothrichidae. They are found in Asia from India to China. They belong to a clade also containing at least the Leiothrix, the barwings, the minlas and the sibias. The Liocichla radiation likely began sometime between the mid-Miocene and the Miocene-Pliocene boundary.

Pyrgilauda is a genus of passerine birds in the sparrow family Passeridae. They are found in the Himalayas, Tibet and western China.

Chondrohierax is a genus of birds of prey in the family Accipitridae, with two species. The hook-billed kite is widespread in the warmer parts of the Americas, while the Cuban kite is a critically endangered Cuban endemic that is rarely seen.

Phlegopsis is a genus of insectivorous passerine birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae. They are known as "bare-eyes", which is a reference to a colourful bare patch of skin around their eyes. They are restricted to humid forest in the Amazon of South America. They are among the largest ant-followers in the family and are only rarely seen away from ant swarms.

Xenerpestes is the genus of greytails, birds in the family Furnariidae. It contains the following species:

Uropsalis is a genus of South American nightjars in the nightjar family Caprimulgidae.

Premnoplex is the genus of typical barbtails, birds in the family Furnariidae. It contains the following species:

Willisornis is a genus of insectivorous passerine birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae. These small, strongly sexually dichromatic birds are native to the Guianas and Amazon rainforest in South America, and often follow army ants.

Coccopygia is a genus of small seed-eating birds in the family Estrildidae. They are distributed across central and southern Africa.

Stachyris is a genus of passerine birds in the Old World babbler family, Timaliidae.

Calamonastes is a genus of birds in the family Cisticolidae. It contains African wren-warblers.

Brachygalba is a genus of bird in the family Galbulidae. ==Species== It contains the following species:

Manacus is a genus of passerine birds in the manakin family which are found in the forests of tropical mainland Central and South America, and on Trinidad and Tobago.

Deleornis is a genus of African sunbirds. Its members are sometimes included in Anthreptes.

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.

Chlorothraupis is a genus of bird in the family Cardinalidae. It was long considered to be a member of the tanager family (Thraupidae), as their common names suggest, but this is false. They are close relatives of the genus Habia, the "ant-tanagers".

Melanodryas is a genus of passerine birds in the Australasian robin family Petroicidae. These species are found in New Guinea and Australia.

Pteroptochos is a genus of birds in the tapaculo family Rhinocryptidae. ==Species== The genus contains the following three species:

Thripadectes is a genus of Neotropical birds in the ovenbird family Furnariidae.

Pampusana is a mid-sized genus of ground-dwelling doves (family Columbidae) which occur in rainforests in the Pacific region. They are not closely related to the American ground doves (genus Columbina and related genera).

Hypocnemoides is a genus of passerine bird in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae. It contains two species, the black-chinned antbird (H. melanopogon) and the band-tailed antbird (H. maculicauda). They are found in swampy areas of northern South America. There is limited overlap in their distributions with the band-tailed antbird occurring to the south of the Amazon River and the black-chinned antbird mainly found to the north. They are fairly small birds, 11.5–12 cm in length, with a short tail and longish bill. Their plumage is grey with areas of black and white. They forage for food nea

Illadopsis (from illas, Greek for thrush and opsis, appearing). All are found in tropical Africa, where they frequent the lower strata of forests, and reveal themselves mostly by their whistled call notes.

Horizocerus is a genus of birds in the hornbill family, Bucerotidae, that are native to West Africa.

Helopsaltes is a genus of passerine birds in the grassbird family Locustellidae.

Cnemophilus is a genus of satinbirds in the family Cnemophilidae, in which all three species are native to New Guinea mountain slopes and highlands in tropical forests. The generic name Cnemophilus is Latin for "mountain/slope-lover".

Hesperiphona is a genus in the finch family Fringillidae.

Psilopogon is a genus of Old World barbets that used to include only a single species, the fire-tufted barbet (P. pyrolophus). Results of molecular phylogenetic analyses indicate that the genus is nested within an evolutionary branch consisting of Asian barbets that were formerly placed in the genus Megalaima proposed by George Robert Gray in 1841. Since Psilopogon was proposed by Salomon Müller already in 1835, this name takes priority.

Trochalopteron is a genus of passerine birds in the laughingthrush family Leiothrichidae.

Syndactyla is a genus of foliage-gleaners, birds in the ovenbird family Furnariidae. It now includes the two recurvebills.

Xanthomixis is a genus of birds in the Malagasy warbler family, Bernieridae. It contains the tetrakas.

Napothera is a genus of birds in the family Pellorneidae. Some of its species were formerly placed in the genera Rimator and Jabouilleia.

Bradornis is a genus of small passerine birds in the large family Muscicapidae commonly known as the Old World flycatchers. They are restricted to sub-Saharan Africa.

Paroreomyza is a genus of Hawaiian honeycreeper in the subfamily Carduelinae of the family Fringillidae. These birds are endemic to Hawaii.