Biology:List of cuckoos

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The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 150 species of cuckoos in the family Cuculidae. In addition to the 88 species whose name includes "cuckoo", the family includes anis, roadrunners, coucals, couas, malkohas, and koels. They are distributed among 33 genera, some of which have only one species. Two extinct species (E), the snail-eating coua and the St. Helena cuckoo, are included.[1]

This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.

Common name Binomial name + authority IOC sequence
Guira cuckoo Guira guira (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 1
Greater ani Crotophaga major Gmelin, JF, 1788 2
Smooth-billed ani Crotophaga ani Linnaeus, 1758 3
Groove-billed ani Crotophaga sulcirostris Swainson, 1827 4
Striped cuckoo Tapera naevia (Linnaeus, 1766) 5
Pheasant cuckoo Dromococcyx phasianellus (Spix, 1824) 6
Pavonine cuckoo Dromococcyx pavoninus Pelzeln, 1870 7
Lesser ground cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus (Lesson, RP, 1842) 8
Greater roadrunner Geococcyx californianus (Lesson, RP, 1829) 9
Lesser roadrunner Geococcyx velox (Wagner, 1836) 10
Rufous-vented ground cuckoo Neomorphus geoffroyi (Temminck, 1820) 11
Scaled ground cuckoo Neomorphus squamiger Todd, 1925 12
Banded ground cuckoo Neomorphus radiolosus Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1878 13
Rufous-winged ground cuckoo Neomorphus rufipennis (Gray, GR, 1849) 14
Red-billed ground cuckoo Neomorphus pucheranii (Deville, 1851) 15
Buff-headed coucal Centropus milo Gould, 1856 16
White-necked coucal Centropus ateralbus Lesson, RP, 1826 17
Ivory-billed coucal Centropus menbeki Lesson, RP & Garnot, 1828 18
Biak coucal Centropus chalybeus (Salvadori, 1876) 19
Rufous coucal Centropus unirufus (Cabanis & Heine, 1863) 20
Green-billed coucal Centropus chlororhynchos Blyth, 1849 21
Black-faced coucal Centropus melanops Lesson, RP, 1830 22
Black-hooded coucal Centropus steerii Bourns & Worcester, 1894 23
Short-toed coucal Centropus rectunguis Strickland, 1847 24
Bay coucal Centropus celebensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 25
Gabon coucal Centropus anselli Sharpe, 1874 26
Black-throated coucal Centropus leucogaster (Leach, 1814) 27
Senegal coucal Centropus senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) 28
Blue-headed coucal Centropus monachus Rüppell, 1837 29
Coppery-tailed coucal Centropus cupreicaudus Reichenow, 1896 30
White-browed coucal Centropus superciliosus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1829 31
Burchell's coucal Centropus burchellii Swainson, 1838 32
Sunda coucal Centropus nigrorufus (Cuvier, 1816) 33
Greater coucal Centropus sinensis (Stephens, 1815) 34
Malagasy coucal Centropus toulou (Müller, PLS, 1776) 35
Goliath coucal Centropus goliath Bonaparte, 1850 36
Black coucal Centropus grillii Hartlaub, 1861 37
Philippine coucal Centropus viridis (Scopoli, 1786) 38
Lesser coucal Centropus bengalensis (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 39
Violaceous coucal Centropus violaceus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 40
Black-billed coucal Centropus bernsteini Schlegel, 1866 41
Kai coucal Centropus spilopterus Gray, GR, 1858 42
Pheasant coucal Centropus phasianinus (Latham, 1801) 43
Andaman coucal Centropus andamanensis Beavan, 1867 44
Bornean ground cuckoo Carpococcyx radiceus (Temminck, 1832) 45
Sumatran ground cuckoo Carpococcyx viridis Salvadori, 1879 46
Coral-billed ground cuckoo Carpococcyx renauldi Oustalet, 1896 47
Snail-eating coua Coua delalandei (Temminck, 1827) (E) 48
Crested coua Coua cristata (Linnaeus, 1766) 49
Verreaux's coua Coua verreauxi Grandidier, A, 1867 50
Blue coua Coua caerulea (Linnaeus, 1766) 51
Red-capped coua Coua ruficeps Gray, GR, 1846 52
Red-fronted coua Coua reynaudii Pucheran, 1845 53
Coquerel's coua Coua coquereli Grandidier, A, 1867 54
Running coua Coua cursor Grandidier, A, 1867 55
Giant coua Coua gigas (Boddaert, 1783) 56
Red-breasted coua Coua serriana Pucheran, 1845 57
Raffles's malkoha Rhinortha chlorophaea (Raffles, 1822) 58
Blue malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus (Vieillot, 1817) 59
Green malkoha Ceuthmochares australis Sharpe, 1873 60
Sirkeer malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii Lesson, RP, 1830 61
Red-billed malkoha Zanclostomus javanicus (Horsfield, 1821) 62
Yellow-billed malkoha Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus (Temminck, 1825) 63
Chestnut-breasted malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris (Shaw, 1810) 64
Red-faced malkoha Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus (Pennant, 1769) 65
Chestnut-bellied malkoha Phaenicophaeus sumatranus (Raffles, 1822) 66
Blue-faced malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris (Jerdon, 1840) 67
Black-bellied malkoha Phaenicophaeus diardi (Lesson, RP, 1830) 68
Green-billed malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis (Lesson, RP, 1830) 69
Rough-crested malkoha Dasylophus superciliosus (Dumont, 1823) 70
Scale-feathered malkoha Dasylophus cumingi (Fraser, 1839) 71
Chestnut-winged cuckoo Clamator coromandus (Linnaeus, 1766) 72
Great spotted cuckoo Clamator glandarius (Linnaeus, 1758) 73
Levaillant's cuckoo Clamator levaillantii (Swainson, 1829) 74
Jacobin cuckoo Clamator jacobinus (Boddaert, 1783) 75
Little cuckoo Coccycua minuta (Vieillot, 1817) 76
Dwarf cuckoo Coccycua pumila (Strickland, 1852) 76
Ash-colored cuckoo Coccycua cinerea (Vieillot, 1817) 78
Squirrel cuckoo Piaya cayana (Linnaeus, 1766) 79
Black-bellied cuckoo Piaya melanogaster (Vieillot, 1817) 80
Dark-billed cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus Vieillot, 1817 81
Yellow-billed cuckoo Coccyzus americanus (Linnaeus, 1758) 82
Pearly-breasted cuckoo Coccyzus euleri Cabanis, 1873 83
Mangrove cuckoo Coccyzus minor (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 84
Cocos cuckoo Coccyzus ferrugineus Gould, 1843 85
Black-billed cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus (Wilson, A, 1811) 86
Grey-capped cuckoo Coccyzus lansbergi Bonaparte, 1850 87
Chestnut-bellied cuckoo Coccyzus pluvialis (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 88
Bay-breasted cuckoo Coccyzus rufigularis Hartlaub, 1852 89
Jamaican lizard cuckoo Coccyzus vetula (Linnaeus, 1758) 90
Great lizard cuckoo Coccyzus merlini (d'Orbigny, 1839) 91
Puerto Rican lizard cuckoo Coccyzus vieilloti (Bonaparte, 1850) 92
Hispaniolan lizard cuckoo Coccyzus longirostris (Hermann, 1783) 93
Thick-billed cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti (Schlegel, 1879) 94
Dwarf koel Microdynamis parva (Salvadori, 1876) 95
Asian koel Eudynamys scolopaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) 96
Black-billed koel Eudynamys melanorhynchus Müller, S, 1843 97
Pacific koel Eudynamys orientalis (Linnaeus, 1766) 98
Pacific long-tailed cuckoo Urodynamis taitensis (Sparrman, 1787) 99
Channel-billed cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae Latham, 1790 100
Asian emerald cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 101
Violet cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus (Horsfield, 1821) 102
Diederik cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius (Boddaert, 1783) 103
Klaas's cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas (Stephens, 1815) 104
Yellow-throated cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavigularis Shelley, 1880 105
African emerald cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus (Shaw, 1792) 106
Long-billed cuckoo Chrysococcyx megarhynchus (Gray, GR, 1858) 107
Horsfield's bronze cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis (Horsfield, 1821) 108
Black-eared cuckoo Chrysococcyx osculans (Gould, 1847) 109
Rufous-throated bronze cuckoo Chrysococcyx ruficollis (Salvadori, 1876) 110
Shining bronze cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 111
White-eared bronze cuckoo Chrysococcyx meyerii Salvadori, 1874 112
Little bronze cuckoo Chrysococcyx minutillus Gould, 1859 113
Pallid cuckoo Cacomantis pallidus (Latham, 1801) 114
White-crowned cuckoo Cacomantis leucolophus (Müller, S, 1840) 115
Chestnut-breasted cuckoo Cacomantis castaneiventris (Gould, 1867) 116
Fan-tailed cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis (Latham, 1801) 117
Banded bay cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii (Latham, 1790) 118
Plaintive cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus (Scopoli, 1786) 119
Grey-bellied cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus (Vahl, 1797) 120
Brush cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) 121
Rusty-breasted cuckoo Cacomantis sepulcralis (Müller, S, 1843) 122
Moluccan cuckoo Cacomantis aeruginosus Salvadori, 1878 123
Dusky long-tailed cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi Cabanis, 1882 124
Olive long-tailed cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus Sassi, 1912 125
Barred long-tailed cuckoo Cercococcyx montanus Chapin, 1928 126
Philippine drongo-cuckoo Surniculus velutinus Sharpe, 1877 127
Square-tailed drongo-cuckoo Surniculus lugubris (Horsfield, 1821) 128
Fork-tailed drongo-cuckoo Surniculus dicruroides (Hodgson, 1839) 129
Moluccan drongo-cuckoo Surniculus musschenbroeki Meyer, AB, 1878 130
Moustached hawk-cuckoo Hierococcyx vagans (Müller, S, 1845) 131
Large hawk-cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides (Vigors, 1832) 132
Dark hawk-cuckoo Hierococcyx bocki Wardlaw-Ramsay, RG, 1886 133
Common hawk-cuckoo Hierococcyx varius (Vahl, 1797) 134
Northern hawk-cuckoo Hierococcyx hyperythrus (Gould, 1856) 135
Philippine hawk-cuckoo Hierococcyx pectoralis Cabanis & Heine, 1863 136
Malaysian hawk-cuckoo Hierococcyx fugax (Horsfield, 1821) 137
Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo Hierococcyx nisicolor (Blyth, 1843) 138
Black cuckoo Cuculus clamosus Latham, 1801 139
Red-chested cuckoo Cuculus solitarius Stephens, 1815 140
Lesser cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus Latham, 1790 141
Sulawesi cuckoo Cuculus crassirostris (Walden, 1872) 142
Indian cuckoo Cuculus micropterus Gould, 1838 143
Madagascar cuckoo Cuculus rochii Hartlaub, 1863 144
African cuckoo Cuculus gularis Stephens, 1815 145
Himalayan cuckoo Cuculus saturatus Blyth, 1843 146
Oriental cuckoo Cuculus optatus Gould, 1845 147
Sunda cuckoo Cuculus lepidus Müller, S, 1845 148
Common cuckoo Cuculus canorus Linnaeus, 1758 149
St. Helena cuckoo Nannococcyx psix Olson, 1975 (E) 150

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