Biologybase: Cuckoos of the World: A Checklist

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Order Cuculiformes

Family Muscophagidae (Turacos) [sometimes split to form the Order Muscophagiformes]

Great Blue Turaco Corythaeola cristata

Grey Plantain-eater Crinifer piscator

Eastern Grey Plantain-eater Crinifer zonurus

Go-away Bird Corythaixoides concolor

Subspecies
- pallidiceps
- concolor

Bare-faced Go-away Bird Corythaixoides personata

Subspecies
- personata
- leopoldi

White-bellied Go-away Bird Corythaixoides leucogaster

Violet Turaco Musophaga violacea

Lady Ross's Turaco Musophaga rossae

Knysna Turaco Tauraco corythaix

Subspecies
- buffoni
- persa
- xenkeri
- Schuetii
- emini
- fischeri
- schalowi
- chalcolophus
- zanzibaricus
- livingsontii
- phoebus
- corythaix

Red-crested Turaco Tauraco erythrolophus

Bannerman's Turaco Tauraco bannermani

Crested Turaco Tauraco macrorhynchus

Subspecies
- macrorhynchus
- verreauxi

Hartlaub's Turaco Tauraco hartlaubi

White-cheeked Turaco Tauraco leucotis

Subspecies
- leucotis
- donaldsoni

Prince Ruspoli's Turaco Tauraco ruspolii

White-crested Turaco Tauraco leucolophus

Violet-crested Turaco Tauraco porphyreolophus

Subspecies
- chlorochlamys
- porphyreolophus

Ruwenzori Turaco Tauraco johnstoni

Subspecies
- johnstoni
- kivuensis
- bredoi

Family Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

Subfamily Cuculinae

Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius

Red-winged Crested Cuckoo Clamator coromandus

Black and White Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus

Subspecies
- serratus
- jacobinus

Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillanti

Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti

Subspecies
- validus
- canescens
- audeberti

Celebes Hawk Cuckoo Cuculus crassirostris

Large Hawk Cuckoo Cuculus sparverioides

Subspecies
- sparvenoides
- bocki

Common Hawk Cuckoo Cuculus varius

Subspecies
- varius
- ciceliae

Small Hawk Cuckoo Cuculus vagans

Fugitive Hawk Cuckoo Cuculus fugax

Subspecies
- hyperythrus
- nisicolor
- pectoralis
- fugax

Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius

Black Cuckoo Cuculus cafer

Subspecies
- cafer
- gabonensis

Short-winged Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus

Subspecies
- micropterus
- ognevi
- concretus

European Cuckoo Cuculus canorus

Subspecies
- canorus
- bangsi
- kleinschmidti
- johanseni
- telephonus
- fallax
- bakeri
- subtelephonus
- gularis

Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus

Subspecies
- horsfieldi
- lepidus
- saturatus

Little Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus

Subspecies
- rochii
- poliocephalus
- insulindae

Pallid Cuckoo Cuculus pallidus

Subspecies
- occidentalis
- pallidus

Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi

Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus

Mountain Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx montanus

Subspecies
- montanus
- patulus

Banded Bay Cuckoo Penthoceryx sonneratii

Subspecies
- sonneratii
- waiti
- malayanus
- fasciolatus
- musicus

Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus

Subspecies
- passennus
- uerulus
- threnodes
- subpallidus
- lanceolatus
- merulinus
- celebensis

Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolossus

Subspecies
- sepulcralis
- everetti
- virescens
- oblitus
- aeruginosus
- stresemanni
- infaustus
- chivae
- obscuratus
- fortior
- oreophilus
- blandus
- websteri
- macrocerus
- addendus
- vanolosus

Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo Cacomantis castaneiventris

Subspecies
- arfakianus
- weiskei
- castaneiventis

Heinrich's Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis heinrichi

Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis pyrrhophanus

Subspecies
- prionurus
- excitus
- meeki
- schistaceigularis
- pyrrhophanus
- simus

Little Long-billed Cuckoo Rhamphomantis megarhynchus

Subspecies
- sanfordi
- megarhynchus

Black-eared Cuckoo Misocalius osculans

African Emerald Cuckoo Chrycoccyx cupreus

Subspecies
- cupreus
- intermedius
- sharpei

Yellow-throated Green Cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavigularis

Klaas' Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas

Subspecies
- klaas
- arabicus

Didric Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius

Emerald Cuckoo Chalcites maculatus

Violet Cuckoo Chalcites xanthorhynchus

Subspecies
- xanthorhynchus
- limborgi
- bangueyensis
- amethystinus

Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis

Golden-Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus

Subspecies
- plagosus
- lucidus
- layardi
- aeneus
- harterti

Malay Emerald Cuckoo Chalcites malayanus

Subspecies
- malayanus
- albifrons
- aheneus
- jungei
- rufomerus
- salvadorii
- misoriensis
- poecilurus
- russatus
- minutillus

Moluccan Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites crassitrostris

Reddish-throated Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites ruficollis

Meyer's Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites meyeri

White-crowned Koel Caiechthrus leucolophus

Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris

Subspecies
- dicruroides
- stewarti
- barussarum
- minimus
- lugubris
- velutinus
- musschenbroeki

Black-capped Cuckoo Microdynamis parva

Subspecies
- parva
- grisescens

Koel Eudynamys scolopacea

Subspecies
- scolopacea
- chinensis
- harterti
- simalurensis
- malayana
- paraguena
- dolosa
- mindanensis
- frater
- melanorhyncha
- facialis
- everetti
- corvina
- orientalis
- salvadorii
- alberti
- rufiventer
- minima

Australian Koel Eudynamys cyanocephala

Subspecies
- subcyanocephala
- cyanocephala

Long-tailed Koel Urodynamis taitensis

Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae

Subfamily Phaenicophaeinae

Dwarf Cuckoo Coccyzus pumilus

Ash-colored Cuckoo Cuccyzus cinereus

Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythrophthalmus

Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus

Pearly-breasted Cuckoo Coccyzus euleri

Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor

Cocos Island Cuckoo Coccyzus ferrugineus

Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus

Grey-capped Cuckoo Coccyzus lansbergi

Pufous-breasted Cuckoo Piaya rufigularis

Chestnus-bellied Cuckoo Piaya pluvialis

Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana

Subspecies
- extima
- mexicana
- stirtoni
- thermophila
- mesura
- nigricrissa
- mehleri
- circe
- insulana
- cayana
- boliviana
- obscura
- helmaryi
- pallscens
- cearae
- cabanisi
- macroura
- mogenseni

Black-bellied Cuckoo Piaya melanogaster

Subspecies
- melanogaster
- ochracea

Little Cuckoo Piaya minuta

Subspecies
- panamensis
- gracilis
- minuta
- chaparensis

Great Lizard Cuckoo Saurothera merlini

Subspecies
- bahamensis
- andria
- merlini
- decolor

Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo Saurothera vetula

Subspecies
- vetula
- petersi
- longirostris
- saonae
- vieilloti

Yellow-bill Ceuthmochares aereus

Subspecies
- flavirostris
- aereus
- intermedius
- australis

Lesser green-billed Malocha Rhopodytes diardi

Subspecies
- diardi
- borneensis

Rufous-bellied Malcoha Rhopodytes sumatranus

Subspecies
- sumatranus
- minor

Greater Green-billed Malcoha Rhopodytes tristis

Subspecies
- tristis
- saliens
- longicaudatus
- hainanus
- elongatus
- kangeangensis

Small Green-billed Malcoha Rhopodytes viridirostris

Sirkeer Cuckoo Taccocua leschenaultii

Subspecies
- sirkee
- infuscata
- affinis
- leschenaultii

Raffles' Malcoha Rhinortha chlorophaea

Subspecies
- chlorophaea
- fuscigularis
- mayri

Red-billed Malcoha Zanclostomus javanicus

Subspecies
- pallidus
- factus
- javanicus
- natunensis

Celebes Malcoha Rhampococcyx calyorgynchus

Subspecies
- calyorhynchus
- centralis
- meridionalis
- rufiloris

Chestnut-breasted Malcoha Rhamphococcyx curvirostris

Subspecies
- erythroghathsu
- oeneicaudus
- curvirostris
- deningen
- borneensis
- harringtoni

Red-faced Malcoha Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus

Rough-crested Cuckoo Dasylophus superciliosus

Scale-feathered Cuckoo Lepidogrammus cumingi

Subfamily Crotophaginae

Greater Ani Crotophaga major

Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani

Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris

Subspecies
- pallidula
- sulcirostris

Guira Cuckoo Guira guira

Subfamily Neomorphinae

Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia

Subspecies
- excellens
- naevia
- chochi

Lesser Ground Cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus

Subspecies
- dilutus
- simulans
- mexicanus
- erythropygus
- macrourus

Pheasant Cuckoo Dromococcyx phasianellus

Subspecies
- rufgularis
- phasianellus

Pavonine Cuckoo Dromococcyx pavoninus

Subspecies
- perijanus
- pavonius

Greater Road-runner Geococcyx california

Lesser Road-runner Geococcyx velox

Subspecies
- melanchima
- velox
- affinis
- pallidus
- longisignum

Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo Neomorphus geoffroyi

Subspecies
- salvini
- aequatonalis
- australis
- geoffroyi
- dulcis

Scaled Ground Cuckoo Neomorphus squamiger

Subspecies
- squamiger
- iungens

Banded Ground Cuckoo Neomorphus radiolosus

Rufous-winged Ground Cuckoo Neomorphus rufipennis

Subspecies
- rufipennis
- nigrogularis

Red-billed Ground Cuckoo Neomorphus pucheranii

Subspecies
- pucheranii
- lepidophanes

Ground Cuckoo Carpococcyx radiceus

Subspecies
- radiceus
- viridis

Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo Carpococcyx renauldi

Subfamily Couinae

Giant Madagascar Coucal Coua gagas

Coquerel's Madagascar Coucal Coua coquereli

Rufous-breasted Madacascar Coucal Coua serriana

Red-footed Madagascar Coucal Coua reynaudii

Running Coucal Coua cursor

Red-capped Madagascar Coucal Coua ruficeps

Subspecies
- ruficeps
- olivaceiceps

Crested Madagascar Coucal Coua cristata

Subspecies
- dumonti
- cristata
- pyropyga
- maxima

Southern Crested Madagascar Coucal Coua verreauxi

Blue Madagascar Coucal Coua caerulea

Subfamily Centropodinae

Buff-headed Coucal Centropus milo

Subspecies
- albidiventris
- milo

Large Coucal Centropus goliath

Violet Coucal Centropus violaceus

Greater Coucal Centropus menbecki

Subspecies
- menbecki
- jobiensis
- aruensis

New Britain Coucal Centropus ateralbus

Biak Island Coucal Centropus chalybeus

Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianius

Subspecies
- propinquus
- nigricans
- obscuratus
- thierfelderi
- phasianius
- mocrourus

Moluccan Coucal Centropus spilopterus

Bernstein's Coucal Centropus bernteini

Subspecies
- manam
- bernsteini

Ceylon Coucal Centropus chlororhynchus

Short-toed Coucal Centropus rectunguis

Steere's Coucal Centropus steerii

Common Crow-Pheasant Centropus sinensis

Subspecies
- parroti
- sinsensis
- intermedius
- eurycercus
- bubutus
- anonymous
- kangeanensis
- andamanensis

Sunda Coucal Centropus nigrorufus

Philappine Coucal Centropus virdis

Subspecies
- viridis
- carpenten
- mindorensis

Black Coucal Centropus toulou

Subspecies
- toulou
- insularis
- assumpionis

Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis

Subspecies
- bengalensis
- lingator
- favanensis
- sarasinorum
- medius

Black-chested Coucal Centropus grillii

Subspecies
- grillii
- caeruleiceps
- wahlbergi

Rufous-bellied Coucal Centropus epomidis

Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster

Subspecies
- leucogaster
- efulenensis
- neumanni

Gabon Coucal Centropus anselli

Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus

Subspecies
- occidentalis
- angolensis
- fischeri
- monachus
- songweensis
- cupreicaudus

Senegal Coucal Centropus sensgalensis

Subspecies
- aegyptus
- senegalensis
- incertus
- flecki

White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus

Subspecies
- loandae
- superciliosus
- sokatrae
- burchellii

Black-faced Coucal Centropus melanops

Subspecies
- melanops
- banken

Celebes Coucal Centropus celebensis

Subspecies
- celebensis
- rufescens

Rufous Coucal Centropus unirufus

Subspecies
- uniruffus
- polillensis

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