List of cuckoo species

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The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 150 species of cuckoos in the family Cuculidae. In addition to the 88 species whose name includes "cuckoo", the family includes anis, roadrunners, coucals, couas, malkohas, and koels. They are distributed among 33 genera, some of which have only one species. Two extinct species, the snail-eating coua and the St. Helena cuckoo, are included.[1]

This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.

Common name Binomial name IOC sequence
Guira cuckoo Guira guira 1
Greater ani Crotophaga major 2
Smooth-billed ani Crotophaga ani 3
Groove-billed ani Crotophaga sulcirostris 4
Striped cuckoo Tapera naevia 5
Pheasant cuckoo Dromococcyx phasianellus 6
Pavonine cuckoo Dromococcyx pavoninus 7
Lesser ground cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus 8
Greater roadrunner Geococcyx californianus 9
Lesser roadrunner Geococcyx velox 10
Rufous-vented ground cuckoo Neomorphus geoffroyi 11
Scaled ground cuckoo Neomorphus squamiger 12
Banded ground cuckoo Neomorphus radiolosus 13
Rufous-winged ground cuckoo Neomorphus rufipennis 14
Red-billed ground cuckoo Neomorphus pucheranii 15
Buff-headed coucal Centropus milo 16
White-necked coucal Centropus ateralbus 17
Ivory-billed coucal Centropus menbeki 18
Biak coucal Centropus chalybeus 19
Rufous coucal Centropus unirufus 20
Green-billed coucal Centropus chlororhynchos 21
Black-faced coucal Centropus melanops 22
Black-hooded coucal Centropus steerii 23
Short-toed coucal Centropus rectunguis 24
Bay coucal Centropus celebensis 25
Gabon coucal Centropus anselli 26
Black-throated coucal Centropus leucogaster 27
Senegal coucal Centropus senegalensis 28
Blue-headed coucal Centropus monachus 29
Coppery-tailed coucal Centropus cupreicaudus 30
White-browed coucal Centropus superciliosus 31
Burchell's coucal Centropus burchellii 32
Sunda coucal Centropus nigrorufus 33
Greater coucal Centropus sinensis 34
Malagasy coucal Centropus toulou 35
Goliath coucal Centropus goliath 36
Black coucal Centropus grillii 37
Philippine coucal Centropus viridis 38
Lesser coucal Centropus bengalensis 39
Violaceous coucal Centropus violaceus 40
Black-billed coucal Centropus bernsteini 41
Kai coucal Centropus spilopterus 42
Pheasant coucal Centropus phasianinus 43
Andaman coucal Centropus andamanensis 44
Bornean ground cuckoo Carpococcyx radiceus 45
Sumatran ground cuckoo Carpococcyx viridis 46
Coral-billed ground cuckoo Carpococcyx renauldi 47
Snail-eating coua Coua delalandei 48
Crested coua Coua cristata 49
Verreaux's coua Coua verreauxi 50
Blue coua Coua caerulea 51
Red-capped coua Coua ruficeps 52
Red-fronted coua Coua reynaudii 53
Coquerel's coua Coua coquereli 54
Running coua Coua cursor 55
Giant coua Coua gigas 56
Red-breasted coua Coua serriana 57
Raffles's malkoha Rhinortha chlorophaea 58
Blue malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus 59
Green malkoha Ceuthmochares australis 60
Sirkeer malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii 61
Red-billed malkoha Zanclostomus javanicus 62
Yellow-billed malkoha Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus 63
Chestnut-breasted malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris 64
Red-faced malkoha Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus 65
Chestnut-bellied malkoha Phaenicophaeus sumatranus 66
Blue-faced malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris 67
Black-bellied malkoha Phaenicophaeus diardi 68
Green-billed malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis 69
Rough-crested malkoha Dasylophus superciliosus 70
Scale-feathered malkoha Dasylophus cumingi 71
Chestnut-winged cuckoo Clamator coromandus 72
Great spotted cuckoo Clamator glandarius 73
Levaillant's cuckoo Clamator levaillantii 74
Jacobin cuckoo Clamator jacobinus 75
Little cuckoo Coccycua minuta 76
Dwarf cuckoo Coccycua pumila 76
Ash-colored cuckoo Coccycua cinerea 78
Squirrel cuckoo Piaya cayana 79
Black-bellied cuckoo Piaya melanogaster 80
Dark-billed cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus 81
Yellow-billed cuckoo Coccyzus americanus 82
Pearly-breasted cuckoo Coccyzus euleri 83
Mangrove cuckoo Coccyzus minor 84
Cocos cuckoo Coccyzus ferrugineus 85
Black-billed cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus 86
Grey-capped cuckoo Coccyzus lansbergi 87
Chestnut-bellied cuckoo Coccyzus pluvialis 88
Bay-breasted cuckoo Coccyzus rufigularis 89
Jamaican lizard cuckoo Coccyzus vetula 90
Great lizard cuckoo Coccyzus merlini 91
Puerto Rican lizard cuckoo Coccyzus vieilloti 92
Hispaniolan lizard cuckoo Coccyzus longirostris 93
Thick-billed cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti 94
Dwarf koel Microdynamis parva 95
Asian koel Eudynamys scolopaceus 96
Black-billed koel Eudynamys melanorhynchus 97
Pacific koel Eudynamys orientalis 98
Pacific long-tailed cuckoo Urodynamis taitensis 99
Channel-billed cuckoo 100
Asian emerald cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus 101
Violet cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus 102
Diederik cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius 103
Klaas's cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas 104
Yellow-throated cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavigularis 105
African emerald cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus 106
long-billed cuckoo Chrysococcyx megarhynchus 107
Horsfield's bronze cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis 108
Black-eared cuckoo Chrysococcyx osculans 109
Rufous-throated bronze cuckoo Chrysococcyx ruficollis 110
Shining bronze cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus 111
White-eared bronze cuckoo Chrysococcyx meyerii 112
Little bronze cuckoo Chrysococcyx minutillus 113
Pallid cuckoo Cacomantis pallidus 114
White-crowned cuckoo Cacomantis leucolophus 115
Chestnut-breasted cuckoo Cacomantis castaneiventris 116
Fan-tailed cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis 117
Banded bay cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii 118
Plaintive cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus 119
Grey-bellied cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus 120
Brush cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus 121
Rusty-breasted cuckoo Cacomantis sepulcralis 122
Moluccan cuckoo Cacomantis aeruginosus 123
Dusky long-tailed cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi 124
Olive long-tailed cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus 125
Barred long-tailed cuckoo Cercococcyx montanus 126
Philippine drongo-cuckoo Surniculus velutinus 127
Square-tailed drongo-cuckoo Surniculus lugubris 128
Fork-tailed drongo-cuckoo Surniculus dicruroides 129
Moluccan drongo-cuckoo Surniculus musschenbroeki 130
Moustached hawk-cuckoo Hierococcyx vagans 131
Large hawk-cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides 132
Dark hawk-cuckoo Hierococcyx bocki 133
Common hawk-cuckoo Hierococcyx varius 134
Rufous hawk-cuckoo Hierococcyx hyperythrus 135
Philippine hawk-cuckoo Hierococcyx pectoralis 136
Malaysian hawk-cuckoo Hierococcyx fugax 137
Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo Hierococcyx nisicolor 138
Black cuckoo Cuculus clamosus 139
Red-chested cuckoo Cuculus solitarius 140
Lesser cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus 141
Sulawesi cuckoo Cuculus crassirostris 142
Indian cuckoo Cuculus micropterus 143
Madagascar cuckoo Cuculus rochii 144
African cuckoo Cuculus gularis 145
Himalayan cuckoo Cuculus saturatus 146
Oriental cuckoo Cuculus optatus 147
Sunda cuckoo Cuculus lepidus 148
Common cuckoo Cuculus canorus 149
St. Helena cuckoo Nannococcyx psix 150

References[]

  1. ^ Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (July 2021). "IOC World Bird List (v 12.1)". doi:10.14344/IOC.ML.11.2. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
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