Cuculidae

Cuculus poliocephalus Latham, 1790

Cuculus poliocephalus, the lesser cuckoo, is a Cuculidae species native to East Asia and the Himalayas, wintering in East Africa and Sri Lanka.

Cuculus solitarius Stephens, 1815

The red-chested cuckoo is a medium-sized cuckoo found across much of Africa that prefers woodland habitats and is usually solitary.

Cuculus micropterus Gould, 1838

Cuculus micropterus is a medium-sized brood-parasitic cuckoo found across Asia that inhabits forests and scrub.

Cuculus canorus Linnaeus, 1758

Cuculus canorus Linnaeus 1758, the common cuckoo, is a brood parasitic migratory bird found across Eurasia and Africa.

Cuculus clamosus Latham, 1802

Cuculus clamosus, the black cuckoo, is a medium-sized brood parasitic cuckoo found across sub-Saharan Africa.

Cuculus gularis Stephens, 1815

Cuculus gularis, the African cuckoo, is a medium-sized brood parasitic cuckoo found across much of sub-Saharan Africa.

Cuculus optatus Gould, 1845

Cuculus optatus, the Oriental cuckoo, is a brood parasitic cuckoo that breeds across northern Eurasia and winters in the Australasian region.

Surniculus lugubris (Horsfield, 1821)

Surniculus lugubris, the square-tailed drongo-cuckoo, is a brood parasitic cuckoo species split from the former Asian drongo-cuckoo.

Surniculus lugubris dicruroides (Hodgson, 1839)

Square-tailed drongo-cuckoo is a brood parasitic bird identified by distinct physical features, split from fork-tailed drongo-cuckoo.

Scythrops novaehollandiae Latham, 1790

Scythrops novaehollandiae, the channel-billed cuckoo, is the world's largest cuckoo found across Australia, New Guinea and eastern Indonesia.

Coccyzus erythropthalmus (A.Wilson, 1811)

The black-billed cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) is a North American migratory cuckoo with specific appearance, habitat, and breeding traits.

Coccyzus minor (Gmelin, 1788)

The mangrove cuckoo (Coccyzus minor) is the largest North American Coccyzus cuckoo, found in mangrove habitats across the Americas.

Coccyzus americanus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Coccyzus americanus is a North American breeding cuckoo that feeds mainly on insects and migrates to South America.

Coccyzus melacoryphus Vieillot, 1817

Coccyzus melacoryphus, the dark-billed cuckoo, is a South American cuckoo with detailed plumage traits and a wide habitat range.

Saurothera longirostris (Hermann, 1783)

The Hispaniolan lizard cuckoo Saurothera longirostris is a cuckoo with two subspecies endemic to Hispaniola and nearby Caribbean islands.

Saurothera merlini Orbigny, 1839

The great lizard cuckoo is the largest Coccyzus cuckoo, with described subspecies that have distinct ranges across the Bahamas and Cuba.

Saurothera vieilloti Bonaparte, 1850

Saurothera vieilloti, the Puerto Rican lizard cuckoo, is a bird found mostly in Puerto Rico with varied forested habitats.

Rhopodytes tristis (Lesson, 1830)

Rhopodytes tristis, the green-billed malkoha, is a South and Southeast Asian bird that feeds mostly on insects.

Rhopodytes viridirostris (Jerdon, 1840)

The blue-faced malkoha (Rhopodytes viridirostris) is a largish bird found in peninsular India and Sri Lankan plains.

Ceuthmochares australis Sharpe, 1873

The green malkoha is a non-brood-parasitic cuckoo species found along Eastern Africa's coast, listed as least concern by IUCN.

Ceuthmochares aereus (Vieillot, 1817)

The blue malkoha (Ceuthmochares aereus) is a non-brood-parasitic cuckoo, listed as IUCN least concern, found in Africa.

Coccyzus cinereus Vieillot, 1817

The ash-colored cuckoo is an American cuckoo species found in parts of South America, living in dry or moist lowland forests.

Piaya minuta (Vieillot, 1817)

Piaya minuta, the little cuckoo, is a small non-threatened cuckoo found across Central and South America.

Coccyzus pumilus Strickland, 1852

The dwarf cuckoo is a tropical American cuckoo species found in Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, and Brazil.