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Cuculiformes

Cuckoos (Cuculidae)

Small to medium-sized, slender landbirds, most with fairly narrow bill and long tail; generally dark above and paler below, a few with all-dark plumage.
Cosmopolitan.
Mainly forest and woodland.
28 genera, 135 species, 295 taxa.
9 species threatened; 1 of these probably extinct since 1600.

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27 4 17 6 8 1 Jacobin Cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus)
4 1 1 2 8 2 Levaillant's Cuckoo (Clamator levaillantii)
2 1 1 8 3 Chestnut-winged Cuckoo (Clamator coromandus)
21 8 13 8 4 Great Spotted Cuckoo (Clamator glandarius)
0 8 5 Thick-billed Cuckoo (Pachycoccyx audeberti)
0 8 6 Sulawesi Hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus crassirostris)
3 1 2 8 7 Large Hawk-Cuckoo (Cuculus sparverioides)
22 2 14 6 8 8 Common Hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus varius)
1 1 6 9 Moustached Hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus vagans)
4 3 1 8 10 Hodgson's Hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax)
2 1 1 8 11 Philippine Hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus pectoralis)
5 1 2 2 8 12 Red-chested Cuckoo (Cuculus solitarius)
3 1 1 1 8 13 Black Cuckoo (Cuculus clamosus)
13 4 4 5 8 14 Indian Cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus)
35 3 11 21 8 15 Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus)
2 1 1 8 16 African Cuckoo (Cuculus gularis)
4 1 3 8 17 Himalayan Cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)
5 1 2 2 8 18 Horsfield's Cuckoo (Cuculus horsfieldi)
1 1 8 19 Asian Lesser Cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
1 1 8 20 Madagascar Lesser Cuckoo (Cuculus rochii)
16 3 13 8 21 Pallid Cuckoo (Cuculus pallidus)
2 2 8 22 Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo (Cercococcyx mechowi)
0 8 23 Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo (Cercococcyx olivinus)
1 1 8 24 Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo (Cercococcyx montanus)
14 6 2 6 8 25 Banded Bay Cuckoo (Cacomantis sonneratii)
18 2 12 4 8 26 Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus)
13 4 2 7 8 27 Brush Cuckoo (Cacomantis variolosus)
0 6 28 Moluccan Cuckoo (Cacomantis heinrichi)
2 1 1 8 29 Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo (Cacomantis castaneiventris)
14 1 4 9 8 30 Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis)
2 1 1 8 31 Black-eared Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx osculans)
10 2 3 5 8 32 Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo (Chrysococcyx basalis)
13 4 9 8 34 Shining Bronze-cuckoo (Chrysococcyx lucidus)
2 1 1 8 35 Rufous-throated Bronze-cuckoo (Chrysococcyx ruficollis)
1 1 8 36 White-eared Bronze-cuckoo (Chrysococcyx meyeri)
7 1 2 4 8 33 Little Bronze-cuckoo (Chrysococcyx minutillus)
6 1 5 8 37 Asian Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx maculatus)
3 1 2 8 38 Violet Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus)
1 1 8 39 Yellow-throated Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx flavigularis)
9 1 2 6 8 40 Klaas's Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx klaas)
4 2 2 8 41 African Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus)
7 1 2 4 8 42 Diederik Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius)
1 1 8 43 Long-billed Cuckoo (Rhamphomantis megarhynchus)
14 5 4 5 8 44 Asian Drongo-cuckoo (Surniculus lugubris)
4 1 2 1 8 45 Philippine Drongo-cuckoo (Surniculus velutinus)
2 1 1 8 46 White-crowned Koel (Caliechthrus leucolophus)
2 1 1 8 47 Dwarf Koel (Microdynamis parva)
53 10 18 25 8 48 Common Koel (Eudynamys scolopacea)
0 8 49 Long-tailed Koel (Eudynamys taitensis)
9 3 6 8 50 Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae)
4 2 2 8 51 Yellowbill (Ceuthmochares aereus)
3 2 1 6 52 Black-bellied Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus diardi)
2 1 1 6 53 Chestnut-bellied Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus sumatranus)
10 6 4 8 55 Blue-faced Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus viridirostris)
9 3 6 8 54 Green-billed Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus tristis)
2 1 1 8 56 Sirkeer Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii)
11 1 3 7 8 57 Raffles' Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus)
3 2 1 8 58 Red-billed Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus javanicus)
4 2 2 8 59 Yellow-billed Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus calyorhynchus)
8 1 7 8 60 Chestnut-breasted Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris)
3 2 1 4 61 Red-faced Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus)
5 1 4 8 62 Rough-crested Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus superciliosus)
5 1 1 3 8 63 Scale-feathered Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus cumingi)
0 2 64 Sumatran Ground-cuckoo (Carpococcyx viridis)
7 7 6 65 Bornean Ground-cuckoo (Carpococcyx radiatus)
9 3 6 8 66 Coral-billed Ground-cuckoo (Carpococcyx renauldi)
5 1 4 8 67 Giant Coua (Coua gigas)
3 1 2 8 68 Coquerel's Coua (Coua coquereli)
3 1 2 8 69 Red-breasted Coua (Coua serriana)
1 1 8 70 Red-fronted Coua (Coua reynaudii)
5 1 4 8 72 Red-capped Coua (Coua ruficeps)
3 2 1 8 71 Running Coua (Coua cursor)
6 2 4 8 73 Crested Coua (Coua cristata)
3 2 1 6 74 Verreaux's Coua (Coua verreauxi)
4 2 2 8 75 Blue Coua (Coua caerulea)
2 2 8 76 Bay Coucal (Centropus celebensis)
3 1 1 1 6 77 Rufous Coucal (Centropus unirufus)
10 1 9 8 78 Black-faced Coucal (Centropus melanops)
1 1 4 79 Sunda Coucal (Centropus nigrorufus)
1 1 8 80 Buff-headed Coucal (Centropus milo)
1 1 8 81 Goliath Coucal (Centropus goliath)
2 1 1 6 82 Violaceous Coucal (Centropus violaceus)
0 8 83 Greater Black Coucal (Centropus menbeki)
2 1 1 8 84 Pied Coucal (Centropus ateralbus)
5 2 3 8 85 Pheasant Coucal (Centropus phasianinus)
0 8 86 Kai Coucal (Centropus spilopterus)
1 1 8 87 Lesser Black Coucal (Centropus bernsteini)
1 1 6 88 Biak Coucal (Centropus chalybeus)
0 4 89 Short-toed Coucal (Centropus rectunguis)
0 2 90 Black-hooded Coucal (Centropus steerii)
56 9 28 19 8 91 Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis)
9 4 1 4 8 92 Brown Coucal (Centropus andamanensis)
5 1 1 3 8 93 Philippine Coucal (Centropus viridis)
2 1 1 8 94 Madagascar Coucal (Centropus toulou)
1 1 8 95 African Black Coucal (Centropus grillii)
1 1 4 97 Green-billed Coucal (Centropus chlororhynchus)
9 1 1 7 8 96 Lesser Coucal (Centropus bengalensis)
0 8 98 Black-throated Coucal (Centropus leucogaster)
0 8 99 Gabon Coucal (Centropus anselli)
8 2 6 8 100 Blue-headed Coucal (Centropus monachus)
3 1 2 8 101 Coppery-tailed Coucal (Centropus cupreicaudus)
22 6 16 8 102 Senegal Coucal (Centropus senegalensis)
17 1 6 10 8 103 White-browed Coucal (Centropus superciliosus)
5 5 8 104 Dwarf Cuckoo (Coccyzus pumilus)
2 1 1 8 105 Ash-colored Cuckoo (Coccyzus cinereus)
1 1 8 106 Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus)
8 2 6 8 107 Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
2 1 1 8 108 Pearly-breasted Cuckoo (Coccyzus euleri)
6 3 3 8 109 Mangrove Cuckoo (Coccyzus minor)
2 1 1 4 110 Cocos Cuckoo (Coccyzus ferrugineus)
8 1 6 1 8 111 Dark-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus melacoryphus)
1 1 8 112 Grey-capped Cuckoo (Coccyzus lansbergi)
11 1 1 9 8 113 Cuban Lizard-cuckoo (Saurothera merlini)
6 1 3 2 8 114 Puerto Rican Lizard-cuckoo (Saurothera vieilloti)
0 8 116 Jamaican Lizard-cuckoo (Saurothera vetula)
2 1 1 8 115 Hispaniolan Lizard-cuckoo (Saurothera longirostris)
0 8 117 Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo (Hyetornis pluvialis)
0 3 118 Rufous-breasted Cuckoo (Hyetornis rufigularis)
32 1 14 17 8 119 Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana)
2 2 8 120 Black-bellied Cuckoo (Piaya melanogaster)
9 1 5 3 8 121 Little Cuckoo (Piaya minuta)
24 2 6 16 8 122 Greater Ani (Crotophaga major)
65 1 21 43 8 123 Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani)
26 1 17 8 8 124 Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris)
33 1 9 23 8 125 Guira Cuckoo (Guira guira)
10 2 2 6 8 126 American Striped Cuckoo (Tapera naevia)
4 1 1 2 8 127 Pheasant Cuckoo (Dromococcyx phasianellus)
5 1 3 1 8 128 Pavonine Cuckoo (Dromococcyx pavoninus)
3 2 1 8 129 Lesser Ground-cuckoo (Morococcyx erythropygus)
25 1 10 14 8 130 Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)
5 1 4 8 131 Lesser Roadrunner (Geococcyx velox)
1 1 8 132 Rufous-vented Ground-cuckoo (Neomorphus geoffroyi)
4 1 3 3 133 Banded Ground-cuckoo (Neomorphus radiolosus)
2 2 8 134 Rufous-winged Ground-Cuckoo (Neomorphus rufipennis)
0 8 135 Red-billed Ground-cuckoo (Neomorphus pucheranii)

Family statistics

28 genera, 135 species

967 files covering
26 genera	(93%)
119 species	(88%)

507 videos covering
24 genera	(86%)
97 species	(72%)

357 photographs covering
25 genera	(89%)
101 species	(75%)

103 sound recordings covering
18 genera	(64%)
56 species	(41%)

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