Typical Cuckoos, Malkohas, and allies
Cuculinae
Cuckoos are birds in the Cuculidae (/kjuːˈkjuːlɪdiː/ kew-KEW-lih-dee) family, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes (/kjuːˈkjuːlɪfɔːrmiːz/ kew-KEW-lih-for-meez). The cuckoo family includes the common or European cuckoo, roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals, and anis. The coucals and anis are sometimes separated as distinct families, the Centropodidae and Crotophagidae, respectively. The cuckoo order Cuculiformes is one of three that make up the Otidimorphae, the other two being the turacos and the...
26 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first · about 98 known species
Typical Old World Cuckoos
genusCuculus
Coccyzus Cuckoos
genusCoccyzus
True Koels
genusEudynamys
Squirrel and Black-bellied Cuckoos
genusPiaya
Cacomantis Cuckoos
genusCacomantis
Old World Crested Cuckoos
genusClamator
Bronze cuckoos
genusChalcites
Typical Malkohas
genusPhaenicophaeus
Emerald Cuckoos and allies
genusChrysococcyx
Hawk-Cuckoos
genusHierococcyx
Scythrops
genusScythrops
Drongo-Cuckoos
genusSurniculus
Heteroscenes
genusHeteroscenes
Small American Cuckoos
genusCoccycua
Rhinortha
genusRhinortha
Zanclostomus
genusZanclostomus
Urodynamis
genusUrodynamis
Yellowbills
genusCeuthmochares
Taccocua
genusTaccocua
Rhamphococcyx
genusRhamphococcyx
Scale-feathered and Red-crested Malkohas
genusDasylophus
African Long-tailed Cuckoos
genusCercococcyx
Pachycoccyx
genusPachycoccyx
Microdynamis
genusMicrodynamis
Caliechthrus
genusCaliechthrus
Nannococcyx
genusNannococcyx
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1541355.