Bird genera

Elaenia is a genus of passerine birds in the tyrant flycatcher family which occur in Mexico, the Caribbean, and Central and South America. Except by voice, specific identification is often difficult since many species are very similar. They are also known by the common name elaenia, which they share with the similar tyrant flycatchers of the genus Myiopagis.

Chaetocercus is a genus of hummingbirds in the family Trochilidae.

Coturnicops is a genus of bird in the rail family.

Neochmia is a genus of estrildid finches found in Australasia. They are gregarious seed-eaters with short, thick, but pointed bills.

Callipepla is a genus of birds in the New World quail family, Odontophoridae. They are sometimes referred to as crested quails.

Brachyramphus is a small genus of seabirds from the North Pacific. Brachyramphus is from Ancient Greek brakhus, "short", and rhamphos, "bill". In English the species are named as "murrelets"; this is a diminutive of "murre", a word of uncertain origins, but which may imitate the call of the common guillemot.

Aglaiocercus is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. ==Description== It contains the following species:

The genus Paradigalla consists of two species of birds-of-paradise. Both are medium-sized black birds with blue and yellow facial wattles.

thumb|220px|Large cuckooshrike (Coracina macei)

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Myiobius is a genus of passerine birds in the family Onychorhynchidae. The genus was previously considered to belong to the Tyrannidae or Tityridae.

Myiotheretes is a genus of South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. These superficially thrush-like birds are large tyrants (19–24 cm/7.5-9.5 in long) of the Andean highlands. The red-rumped bush tyrant is considered closely related. ==Species== The genus contains the following four species: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Common name !! Scientific name !! Distribution |- |120px ||Streak-throated bush tyrant || Myiotheretes striaticollis|| Andes of Colombia to northwestern Argentina. |- |120px || Rufous-bellied bush tyrant ||Myiotheretes fuscorufus||eastern An

The tesias are a genus, Tesia, of Old World warbler. Though once included in the large family Sylviidae, more recent research placed it within a new family, Cettiidae. The four species inhabit undergrowth of montane forest in South and Southeast Asia, where they are resident or short-range migrants. They have longish legs and appear tailless, with (seemingly) only 8 rectrices. Their simple songs are fairly loud, and their nests are typically ball-shaped. Their name is derived from Tisi, the Nepalese name for the grey-bellied tesia (Tesia cyaniventer).

Nesocharis is a genus of small seed-eating birds in the family Estrildidae. They are found in Africa.

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Myiarchus is a genus of birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. Most species are fairly similar in appearance and are easier to separate by voice than by plumage.

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Eriocnemis is a genus of hummingbirds, which - together with the species in the genus Haplophaedia - are known as pufflegs. They occur in humid forest, woodland and shrub at elevations of 1000 to 4800 meters above sea level in the Andes of Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, and Venezuela. The males have a colourful green, coppery or blue plumage, and the females are generally somewhat duller. The most striking feature of both sexes in the genus Eriocnemis are their dense snow-white leg-puffs which consist of feather tufts that resemble woolly panties. One species, the black-thighed p

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Galbula is the type and largest genus of the jacamar family (Galbulidae) of piciform birds, and its suborder Galbulae. Sometimes, the Piciformes are split in two, with the Galbulae upranked to full order Galbuliformes.

Petrochelidon is a genus of birds known as cliff-nesting swallows.

Telacanthura is a genus containing two species of swift in the family Apodidae that are found in Africa.

Mulleripicus is a genus of birds in the woodpecker family Picidae. They are found in South and Southeast Asia. The genus forms part of the woodpecker subfamily Picinae and has a sister relationship to the genus Dryocopus whose species are widely distributed in Eurasia and the Americas.

Pternistis is a genus of galliform birds formerly classified in the spurfowl group of the partridge subfamily of the pheasant family. They are described as "partridge-francolins" in literature establishing their phylogenetic placement outside the monophyletic assemblage of true spurfowls. All species are endemic to Sub-Saharan Africa, excepted the double-spurred spurfowl (also present in Morocco). They are commonly known as spurfowls or francolins, but are closely related to jungle bush quail, Alectoris rock partridges, and Coturnix quail. The species are strictly monogamous, remaining mated i

Paradoxornis is a genus of passerine birds in the parrotbill family Paradoxornithidae that are native to East, Southeast and South Asia.

Pipra is a genus of birds in the manakin family Pipridae.

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

Heliothryx is a genus of hummingbird in the family Trochilidae. The genus is assigned to the subfamily Polytminae which is sometimes referred to by the informal name "mangoes".

Aeronautes is a genus of swifts in the family Apodidae.

Lipaugus is a genus of birds in the family Cotingidae.

Phyllomyias is a genus of small birds in the tyrant-flycatcher family Tyrannidae. They are found in wooded habitats of Central and South America. Some species are among the most common birds in their range, while other are rare and threatened. They have a short, stubby bill, are greenish above, yellowish or whitish below, and all except the sooty-headed tyrannulet have pale wing-bars or edging. They feed on small arthropods and fruits. Most species regularly take part in mixed species flocks.

Zimmerius is a genus of Neotropical birds in the family Tyrannidae.

Phrygilus is a genus of mainly Andean seed-eating tanagers commonly known as sierra finches. Phrygilos means finch in Ancient Greek. Traditionally classified in the bunting and American sparrow family Emberizidae, more recent studies have shown them to belong in the Thraupidae.

Talegalla is a genus of bird in the family Megapodiidae. First described by René Primevère Lesson in 1828, it contains the following species: Red-billed brushturkey (Talegalla cuvieri) Black-billed brushturkey (Talegalla fuscirostris) Collared brushturkey (Talegalla jobiensis)

The cacholotes are four species of relatively large, heavy-billed furnariids in the genus Pseudoseisura. They are found in shrubby habitats in the South American countries of Brazil, Bolivia, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay. They are essentially brown (ranging from deep rufous to pale gray-brown depending on species), and all are crested to some extent.

Petroica is a genus of Australasian robins, named for their red and pink markings. They are not closely related to the European robins nor the American robins.

Dendrortyx is a bird genus in the family Odontophoridae. It contains the following species: Bearded wood partridge (Dendrortyx barbatus) Buffy-crowned wood partridge (Dendrortyx leucophrys) Long-tailed wood partridge (Dendrortyx macroura)

thumb|right|Oahu ākepa Loxops is a Hawaiian honeycreeper genus in the finch family, Fringillidae. Most of them are commonly known as ākepa.

Hemithraupis is a small genus of passerine birds in the tanager family Thraupidae found in the forests of South America.

Casiornis is a genus of South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.

Xolmis is a genus of South American birds in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae.

Hapalopsittaca is a genus of Neotropical parrot native to the Andes of South America. ==Species== It contains the following species: {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image !! Scientific name !! Common name!! Distribution |- |120px || Hapalopsittaca amazonina || Rusty-faced parrot || Colombia and Venezuela |- | ||Hapalopsittaca pyrrhops || Red-faced parrot || Ecuador and Peru. |- | || Hapalopsittaca fuertesi || Fuertes's parrot || Central Andes of Colombia. |- ||| Hapalopsittaca melanotis || Black-winged parrot || Peru |- |}

Chenonetta is a genus of dabbling duck. One species is extinct, while the other is extant.

Synallaxis is a genus of birds in the ovenbird family, Furnariidae. It is one of the most diverse genera in the family and is composed of small birds that inhabit dense undergrowth across tropical and subtropical habitats in the Neotropical region. Some species show contrasting plumage patterns involving rufous crown and wing patches and black throat patches but they are difficult to see as they keep ensconced in vegetation most of the time. Most species show the long graduated tail with pointy feathers that is typical of spinetails. They are also characterized by constructing large domed nest

Campephaga is a genus of bird in the cuckoo-shrike family Campephagidae.

Emberizoides is a small genus of finch-like tanagers found in grassy areas in Central and South America.

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

The typical spinetails, Cranioleuca, are a genus of Neotropical birds in the ovenbird family Furnariidae.

Crithagra is a genus of small passerine birds in the finch family (Fringillidae). They live in Africa and Arabia.

Geoffroyus is a genus of parrot in the family Psittaculidae. The four species are found in and around New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, northern Australia and the islands of Indonesia. It contains the following species: Red-cheeked parrot (Geoffroyus geoffroyi) Blue-collared parrot (Geoffroyus simplex) Song parrot (Geoffroyus heteroclitus) Rennell parrot (Geoffroyus hyacinthinus) thumb|left|upright|Possibly extinct variety, Geoffroyus aureus

Antrostomus is a genus of nightjars formerly included in the genus Caprimulgus. They are medium-sized nocturnal birds with long pointed wings, short legs and short bills.

The bentbills are found in the genus Oncostoma in the tyrant flycatcher family Tyrannidae. It contains the following two species:

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Attagis is a genus of seedsnipe, a South American family of small gregarious waders which have adapted to a vegetarian diet.

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

Jeholornis (meaning "Jehol bird") is a genus of avialan dinosaurs that lived between approximately 122 and 120 million years ago during the early Cretaceous Period in China. Fossil Jeholornis were first discovered in the Jiufotang Formation in Hebei Province, China (in what was previously Rehe Province, also known as Jehol—hence the name) and additional specimens have been found in the older Yixian Formation.

Peltops is a genus of birds in the family Artamidae. It contains two species that are endemic to the island of New Guinea. The species have also had the common name of shieldbill.

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

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Dysithamnus is a genus of insectivorous passerine birds in the antbird family, Thamnophilidae. Species in this genus are known as antvireos.