Biology:List of cuckoo species

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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.

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	IOC sequence
Guira cuckoo	Guira guira	1
Greater ani	Crotophaga major	2
Smooth-billed ani	Crotophaga ani	3
Groove-billed ani	Crotophaga sulcirostris	4
Striped cuckoo	Tapera naevia	5
Pheasant cuckoo	Dromococcyx phasianellus	6
Pavonine cuckoo	Dromococcyx pavoninus	7
Lesser ground cuckoo	Morococcyx erythropygus	8
Greater roadrunner	Geococcyx californianus	9
Lesser roadrunner	Geococcyx velox	10
Rufous-vented ground cuckoo	Neomorphus geoffroyi	11
Scaled ground cuckoo	Neomorphus squamiger	12
Banded ground cuckoo	Neomorphus radiolosus	13
Rufous-winged ground cuckoo	Neomorphus rufipennis	14
Red-billed ground cuckoo	Neomorphus pucheranii	15
Buff-headed coucal	Centropus milo	16
White-necked coucal	Centropus ateralbus	17
Ivory-billed coucal	Centropus menbeki	18
Biak coucal	Centropus chalybeus	19
Rufous coucal	Centropus unirufus	20
Green-billed coucal	Centropus chlororhynchos	21
Black-faced coucal	Centropus melanops	22
Black-hooded coucal	Centropus steerii	23
Short-toed coucal	Centropus rectunguis	24
Bay coucal	Centropus celebensis	25
Gabon coucal	Centropus anselli	26
Black-throated coucal	Centropus leucogaster	27
Senegal coucal	Centropus senegalensis	28
Blue-headed coucal	Centropus monachus	29
Coppery-tailed coucal	Centropus cupreicaudus	30
White-browed coucal	Centropus superciliosus	31
Burchell's coucal	Centropus burchellii	32
Sunda coucal	Centropus nigrorufus	33
Greater coucal	Centropus sinensis	34
Malagasy coucal	Centropus toulou	35
Goliath coucal	Centropus goliath	36
Black coucal	Centropus grillii	37
Philippine coucal	Centropus viridis	38
Lesser coucal	Centropus bengalensis	39
Violaceous coucal	Centropus violaceus	40
Black-billed coucal	Centropus bernsteini	41
Kai coucal	Centropus spilopterus	42
Pheasant coucal	Centropus phasianinus	43
Andaman coucal	Centropus andamanensis	44
Bornean ground cuckoo	Carpococcyx radiceus	45
Sumatran ground cuckoo	Carpococcyx viridis	46
Coral-billed ground cuckoo	Carpococcyx renauldi	47
Snail-eating coua	Coua delalandei (E)	48
Crested coua	Coua cristata	49
Verreaux's coua	Coua verreauxi	50
Blue coua	Coua caerulea	51
Red-capped coua	Coua ruficeps	52
Red-fronted coua	Coua reynaudii	53
Coquerel's coua	Coua coquereli	54
Running coua	Coua cursor	55
Giant coua	Coua gigas	56
Red-breasted coua	Coua serriana	57
Raffles's malkoha	Rhinortha chlorophaea	58
Blue malkoha	Ceuthmochares aereus	59
Green malkoha	Ceuthmochares australis	60
Sirkeer malkoha	Taccocua leschenaultii	61
Red-billed malkoha	Zanclostomus javanicus	62
Yellow-billed malkoha	Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus	63
Chestnut-breasted malkoha	Phaenicophaeus curvirostris	64
Red-faced malkoha	Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus	65
Chestnut-bellied malkoha	Phaenicophaeus sumatranus	66
Blue-faced malkoha	Phaenicophaeus viridirostris	67
Black-bellied malkoha	Phaenicophaeus diardi	68
Green-billed malkoha	Phaenicophaeus tristis	69
Rough-crested malkoha	Dasylophus superciliosus	70
Scale-feathered malkoha	Dasylophus cumingi	71
Chestnut-winged cuckoo	Clamator coromandus	72
Great spotted cuckoo	Clamator glandarius	73
Levaillant's cuckoo	Clamator levaillantii	74
Jacobin cuckoo	Clamator jacobinus	75
Little cuckoo	Coccycua minuta	76
Dwarf cuckoo	Coccycua pumila	76
Ash-colored cuckoo	Coccycua cinerea	78
Squirrel cuckoo	Piaya cayana	79
Black-bellied cuckoo	Piaya melanogaster	80
Dark-billed cuckoo	Coccyzus melacoryphus	81
Yellow-billed cuckoo	Coccyzus americanus	82
Pearly-breasted cuckoo	Coccyzus euleri	83
Mangrove cuckoo	Coccyzus minor	84
Cocos cuckoo	Coccyzus ferrugineus	85
Black-billed cuckoo	Coccyzus erythropthalmus	86
Grey-capped cuckoo	Coccyzus lansbergi	87
Chestnut-bellied cuckoo	Coccyzus pluvialis	88
Bay-breasted cuckoo	Coccyzus rufigularis	89
Jamaican lizard cuckoo	Coccyzus vetula	90
Great lizard cuckoo	Coccyzus merlini	91
Puerto Rican lizard cuckoo	Coccyzus vieilloti	92
Hispaniolan lizard cuckoo	Coccyzus longirostris	93
Thick-billed cuckoo	Pachycoccyx audeberti	94
Dwarf koel	Microdynamis parva	95
Asian koel	Eudynamys scolopaceus	96
Black-billed koel	Eudynamys melanorhynchus	97
Pacific koel	Eudynamys orientalis	98
Pacific long-tailed cuckoo	Urodynamis taitensis	99
Channel-billed cuckoo	Scythrops novaehollandiae	100
Asian emerald cuckoo	Chrysococcyx maculatus	101
Violet cuckoo	Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus	102
Diederik cuckoo	Chrysococcyx caprius	103
Klaas's cuckoo	Chrysococcyx klaas	104
Yellow-throated cuckoo	Chrysococcyx flavigularis	105
African emerald cuckoo	Chrysococcyx cupreus	106
Long-billed cuckoo	Chrysococcyx megarhynchus	107
Horsfield's bronze cuckoo	Chrysococcyx basalis	108
Black-eared cuckoo	Chrysococcyx osculans	109
Rufous-throated bronze cuckoo	Chrysococcyx ruficollis	110
Shining bronze cuckoo	Chrysococcyx lucidus	111
White-eared bronze cuckoo	Chrysococcyx meyerii	112
Little bronze cuckoo	Chrysococcyx minutillus	113
Pallid cuckoo	Cacomantis pallidus	114
White-crowned cuckoo	Cacomantis leucolophus	115
Chestnut-breasted cuckoo	Cacomantis castaneiventris	116
Fan-tailed cuckoo	Cacomantis flabelliformis	117
Banded bay cuckoo	Cacomantis sonneratii	118
Plaintive cuckoo	Cacomantis merulinus	119
Grey-bellied cuckoo	Cacomantis passerinus	120
Brush cuckoo	Cacomantis variolosus	121
Rusty-breasted cuckoo	Cacomantis sepulcralis	122
Moluccan cuckoo	Cacomantis aeruginosus	123
Dusky long-tailed cuckoo	Cercococcyx mechowi	124
Olive long-tailed cuckoo	Cercococcyx olivinus	125
Barred long-tailed cuckoo	Cercococcyx montanus	126
Philippine drongo-cuckoo	Surniculus velutinus	127
Square-tailed drongo-cuckoo	Surniculus lugubris	128
Fork-tailed drongo-cuckoo	Surniculus dicruroides	129
Moluccan drongo-cuckoo	Surniculus musschenbroeki	130
Moustached hawk-cuckoo	Hierococcyx vagans	131
Large hawk-cuckoo	Hierococcyx sparverioides	132
Dark hawk-cuckoo	Hierococcyx bocki	133
Common hawk-cuckoo	Hierococcyx varius	134
Rufous hawk-cuckoo	Hierococcyx hyperythrus	135
Philippine hawk-cuckoo	Hierococcyx pectoralis	136
Malaysian hawk-cuckoo	Hierococcyx fugax	137
Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo	Hierococcyx nisicolor	138
Black cuckoo	Cuculus clamosus	139
Red-chested cuckoo	Cuculus solitarius	140
Lesser cuckoo	Cuculus poliocephalus	141
Sulawesi cuckoo	Cuculus crassirostris	142
Indian cuckoo	Cuculus micropterus	143
Madagascar cuckoo	Cuculus rochii	144
African cuckoo	Cuculus gularis	145
Himalayan cuckoo	Cuculus saturatus	146
Oriental cuckoo	Cuculus optatus	147
Sunda cuckoo	Cuculus lepidus	148
Common cuckoo	Cuculus canorus	149
St. Helena cuckoo	Nannococcyx psix (E)	150