Ptilocercus Gray, 1848 . Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1848:24 [pubi. 1 Aug. 1848].

TYPE SPECIES: Ptilocercus lowii Gray, 1848 .

COMMENTS: McAllan and Bruce (1989) argued that the original publication should be: The Literary Gazette, 1624:167 [pubi. 4 March 1848].