Cuckoos | Bird Family Guide

154 species

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The same 154 birds as a plain list, if you already know the name you want.

African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
Andaman Coucal Centropus andamanensis
Ash-colored Cuckoo Coccycua cinerea
Asian Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus
Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
Banded Ground Cuckoo Neomorphus radiolosus
Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx montanus
Bay Coucal Centropus celebensis
Bay-breasted Cuckoo Coccyzus rufigularis
Biak Coucal Centropus chalybeus
Black Coucal Centropus grillii
Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
Black-bellied Cuckoo Piaya melanogaster
Black-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus diardi
Black-billed Coucal Centropus bernsteini
Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
Black-billed Koel Eudynamys melanorhynchus
Black-eared Cuckoo Chalcites osculans
Black-faced Coucal Centropus melanops
Black-hooded Coucal Centropus steerii
Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster
Blue Coua Coua caerulea
Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
Bornean Ground Cuckoo Carpococcyx radiceus
Buff-headed Coucal Centropus milo
Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo Coccyzus pluvialis
Chestnut-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus sumatranus
Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo Cacomantis castaneiventris
Chestnut-breasted Malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
Cocos Cuckoo Coccyzus ferrugineus
Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
Common Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
Coquerel's Coua Coua coquereli
Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo Carpococcyx renauldi
Crested Coua Coua cristata
Dark Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx bocki
Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus
Diederik Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi
Dwarf Cuckoo Coccycua pumila
Dwarf Koel Microdynamis parva
Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus dicruroides
Gabon Coucal Centropus anselli
Giant Coua Coua gigas
Goliath Coucal Centropus goliath
Great Lizard Cuckoo Coccyzus merlini
Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
Greater Ani Crotophaga major
Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis
Green-billed Coucal Centropus chlororhynchos
Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis
Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
Grey-capped Cuckoo Coccyzus lansbergi
Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
Guira Cuckoo Guira guira
Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
Hispaniolan Lizard Cuckoo Coccyzus longirostris
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx nisicolor
Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites basalis
Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
Ivory-billed Coucal Centropus menbeki
Jacobin Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo Coccyzus vetula
Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
Lesser Ground Cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus
Lesser Roadrunner Geococcyx velox
Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
Little Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
Little Cuckoo Coccycua minuta
Long-billed Cuckoo Chalcites megarhynchus
Long-tailed Koel Urodynamis taitensis
Madagascar Cuckoo Cuculus rochii
Malagasy Coucal Centropus toulou
Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx fugax
Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
Manus Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis blandus
Mentawai Malkoha Phaenicophaeus oeneicaudus
Mexican Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya mexicana
Moluccan Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis aeruginosus
Moluccan Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus musschenbroeki
Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx vagans
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx hyperythrus
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus
Olive-capped Coua Coua olivaceiceps
Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis
Pallid Cuckoo Heteroscenes pallidus
Pavonine Cuckoo Dromococcyx pavoninus
Pearly-breasted Cuckoo Coccyzus euleri
Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
Pheasant Cuckoo Dromococcyx phasianellus
Philippine Coucal Centropus viridis
Philippine Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus velutinus
Philippine Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx pectoralis
Pied Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites crassirostris
Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
Puerto Rican Lizard Cuckoo Coccyzus vieilloti
Raffles's Malkoha Rhinortha chlorophaea
Red-billed Ground Cuckoo Neomorphus pucheranii
Red-billed Malkoha Zanclostomus javanicus
Red-breasted Coua Coua serriana
Red-capped Coua Coua ruficeps
Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
Red-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus
Red-fronted Coua Coua reynaudii
Rough-crested Malkoha Dasylophus superciliosus
Rufous Coucal Centropus unirufus
Rufous-throated Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites ruficollis
Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo Neomorphus geoffroyi
Rufous-winged Ground Cuckoo Neomorphus rufipennis
Running Coua Coua cursor
Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
Scale-feathered Malkoha Dasylophus cumingi
Scaled Ground Cuckoo Neomorphus squamiger
Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
Short-toed Coucal Centropus rectunguis
Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii
Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
Solomons Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis addendus
Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
Sulawesi Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis virescens
Sulawesi Cuckoo Cuculus crassirostris
Sumatran Ground Cuckoo Carpococcyx viridis
Sunda Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis sepulcralis
Sunda Coucal Centropus nigrorufus
Sunda Cuckoo Cuculus lepidus
Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
Verreaux's Coua Coua verreauxi
Violaceous Coucal Centropus violaceus
Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
White-crowned Cuckoo Caliechthrus leucolophus
White-eared Bronze Cuckoo Chalcites meyerii
White-necked Coucal Centropus ateralbus
Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
Yellow-billed Malkoha Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus
Yellow-throated Cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavigularis