Cuckoos
116 species of cuckoos around the world, from the Common Cuckoo to the Sunda Coucal. Every species links to photos, calls and identification notes.
- Common CuckooCuculus canorus
- Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus
- Asian KoelEudynamys scolopaceus
- Greater CoucalCentropus sinensis
- Common Squirrel CuckooPiaya cayana
- Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani
- Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus
- Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris
- Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus
- Guira CuckooGuira guira
- Fan-tailed CuckooCacomantis flabelliformis
- Diederik CuckooChrysococcyx caprius
- White-browed CoucalCentropus superciliosus
- Striped CuckooTapera naevia
- Pacific KoelEudynamys orientalis
- Greater AniCrotophaga major
- Jacobin CuckooClamator jacobinus
- Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius
- Pheasant CoucalCentropus phasianinus
- Channel-billed CuckooScythrops novaehollandiae
- Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas
- Sahul Brush CuckooCacomantis variolosus
- Lesser CoucalCentropus bengalensis
- Plaintive CuckooCacomantis merulinus
- Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor
- Indian CuckooCuculus micropterus
- Great Spotted CuckooClamator glandarius
- Grey-bellied CuckooCacomantis passerinus
- Black CuckooCuculus clamosus
- Senegal CoucalCentropus senegalensis
- Square-tailed Drongo-CuckooSurniculus lugubris
- Banded Bay CuckooCacomantis sonneratii
- African Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus
- Oriental CuckooCuculus optatus
- Lesser Ground CuckooMorococcyx erythropygus
- Levaillant's CuckooClamator levaillantii
- Dark-billed CuckooCoccyzus melacoryphus
- Himalayan CuckooCuculus saturatus
- Raffles's MalkohaRhinortha chlorophaea
- Lesser CuckooCuculus poliocephalus
- African CuckooCuculus gularis
- Philippine CoucalCentropus viridis
- Pheasant CuckooDromococcyx phasianellus
- Andaman CoucalCentropus andamanensis
- Violet CuckooChrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
- Blue MalkohaCeuthmochares aereus
- Sirkeer MalkohaTaccocua leschenaultii
- Malagasy CoucalCentropus toulou
- Chestnut-winged CuckooClamator coromandus
- Lesser RoadrunnerGeococcyx velox
- Blue-headed CoucalCentropus monachus
- Coppery-tailed CoucalCentropus cupreicaudus
- Long-tailed KoelUrodynamis taitensis
- Black-bellied CuckooPiaya melanogaster
- Madagascar CuckooCuculus rochii
- Pavonine CuckooDromococcyx pavoninus
- Asian Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx maculatus
- Blue CouaCoua caerulea
- Black CoucalCentropus grillii
- Red-billed MalkohaZanclostomus javanicus
- Sunda CuckooCuculus lepidus
- Crested CouaCoua cristata
- Green MalkohaCeuthmochares australis
- Chestnut-breasted CuckooCacomantis castaneiventris
- Rough-crested MalkohaDasylophus superciliosus
- Dusky Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx mechowi
- Black-throated CoucalCentropus leucogaster
- Black-faced CoucalCentropus melanops
- Red-capped CouaCoua ruficeps
- Green-billed CoucalCentropus chlororhynchos
- Red-fronted CouaCoua reynaudii
- Olive Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx olivinus
- Rufous-vented Ground CuckooNeomorphus geoffroyi
- Running CouaCoua cursor
- Bay CoucalCentropus celebensis
- Philippine Drongo-CuckooSurniculus velutinus
- Grey-capped CuckooCoccyzus lansbergi
- Ivory-billed CoucalCentropus menbeki
- Barred Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx montanus
- Red-faced MalkohaPhaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus
- Giant CouaCoua gigas
- Coquerel's CouaCoua coquereli
- Thick-billed CuckooPachycoccyx audeberti
- Rufous CoucalCentropus unirufus
- White-crowned CuckooCaliechthrus leucolophus
- Pearly-breasted CuckooCoccyzus euleri
- Black-billed CoucalCentropus bernsteini
- Moluccan Brush CuckooCacomantis aeruginosus
- Red-breasted CouaCoua serriana
- Verreaux's CouaCoua verreauxi
- Goliath CoucalCentropus goliath
- Dwarf KoelMicrodynamis parva
- Yellow-throated CuckooChrysococcyx flavigularis
- Bornean Ground CuckooCarpococcyx radiceus
- White-eared Bronze CuckooChalcites meyerii
- Coral-billed Ground CuckooCarpococcyx renauldi
- White-necked CoucalCentropus ateralbus
- Short-toed CoucalCentropus rectunguis
- Rufous-winged Ground CuckooNeomorphus rufipennis
- Gabon CoucalCentropus anselli
- Violaceous CoucalCentropus violaceus
- Banded Ground CuckooNeomorphus radiolosus
- Buff-headed CoucalCentropus milo
- Cocos CuckooCoccyzus ferrugineus
- Long-billed CuckooChalcites megarhynchus
- Biak CoucalCentropus chalybeus
- Moluccan Drongo-CuckooSurniculus musschenbroeki
- Solomons Brush CuckooCacomantis addendus
- Sulawesi CuckooCuculus crassirostris
- Sumatran Ground CuckooCarpococcyx viridis
- Black-hooded CoucalCentropus steerii
- Manus Brush CuckooCacomantis blandus
- Mentawai MalkohaPhaenicophaeus oeneicaudus
- Scaled Ground CuckooNeomorphus squamiger
- Red-billed Ground CuckooNeomorphus pucheranii
- Sunda CoucalCentropus nigrorufus
Also in the checklist
These species are recognised in the AviList world checklist and carry no photos or recordings here yet. Help complete the record.
Olive-capped Coua (Coua olivaceiceps) · Burchell's Coucal (Centropus burchellii) · Chestnut-breasted Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris) · Chestnut-bellied Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus sumatranus) · Blue-faced Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus viridirostris) · Black-bellied Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus diardi) · Green-billed Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus tristis) · Yellow-billed Malkoha (Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus) · Scale-feathered Malkoha (Dasylophus cumingi) · Little Cuckoo (Coccycua minuta) · Dwarf Cuckoo (Coccycua pumila) · Ash-colored Cuckoo (Coccycua cinerea) · Mexican Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya mexicana) · Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo (Coccyzus pluvialis) · Bay-breasted Cuckoo (Coccyzus rufigularis) · Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo (Coccyzus vetula) · Puerto Rican Lizard Cuckoo (Coccyzus vieilloti) · Great Lizard Cuckoo (Coccyzus merlini) · Hispaniolan Lizard Cuckoo (Coccyzus longirostris) · Black-billed Koel (Eudynamys melanorhynchus) · Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo (Chalcites basalis) · Black-eared Cuckoo (Chalcites osculans) · Rufous-throated Bronze Cuckoo (Chalcites ruficollis) · Shining Bronze Cuckoo (Chalcites lucidus) · Little Bronze Cuckoo (Chalcites minutillus) · Pied Bronze Cuckoo (Chalcites crassirostris) · Pallid Cuckoo (Heteroscenes pallidus) · Sunda Brush Cuckoo (Cacomantis sepulcralis) · Sulawesi Brush Cuckoo (Cacomantis virescens) · Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo (Surniculus dicruroides) · Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx vagans) · Large Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx sparverioides) · Dark Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx bocki) · Common Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx varius) · Northern Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx hyperythrus) · Philippine Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx pectoralis) · Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx nisicolor) · Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx fugax)