Biology:Neomorphinae

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Short description: Subfamily of birds

Neomorphinae
Temporal range: Early Oligocene to recent
Roadrunner2007.jpg
Greater roadrunner
(Geococcyx californianus)
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Subfamily: Neomorphinae
Shelley, 1891
Genera

Dromococcyx
Geococcyx
Morococcyx
Neomorphus
Tapera

The Neomorphinae are a subfamily of the cuckoo family, Cuculidae. Members of this subfamily are known as New World ground cuckoos, since most are largely terrestrial and native to the Americas.[1] Only Dromococcyx and Tapera are more arboreal, and these are also the only brood parasitic cuckoos in the Americas, while the remaining all build their own nests.

Genera

Image Genus Living Species
Dromococcyx pavoninus.jpg Dromococcyx Wied-Neuwied, 1832
Lesser Roadrunner - Mexico S4E1497.jpg Geococcyx Wagler, 1831
Lesser Ground Cuckoo (Morococcyx erythropygus).jpg Morococcyx P.L. Sclater, 1862
Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo.jpg Neomorphus Gloger, 1827
Saci (Tapera naevia).jpg Tapera Thunberg, 1819

References

  1. Myers, P. R.; Parr, C. S.; Jones, T.; Hammond, G. S.; Dewey, T. A.. "Neomorphinae (New World ground cuckoos)". Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan. http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Neomorphinae.html. Retrieved 2009-08-12. 

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