List of cuckoo species

The International Ornithological Congress (IOC) recognizes these 149 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. One extinct species, the St. Helena cuckoo, is included.[1]

This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.[1]

Common nameBinomial nameIOC sequence
Guira cuckooGuira guira1
Greater aniCrotophaga major2
Smooth-billed aniCrotophaga ani3
Groove-billed aniCrotophaga sulcirostris4
Striped cuckooTapera naevia5
Pheasant cuckooDromococcyx phasianellus6
Pavonine cuckooDromococcyx pavoninus7
Lesser ground cuckooMorococcyx erythropygus8
Greater roadrunnerGeococcyx californianus9
Lesser roadrunnerGeococcyx velox10
Rufous-vented ground cuckooNeomorphus geoffroyi11
Scaled ground cuckooNeomorphus squamiger12
Banded ground cuckooNeomorphus radiolosus13
Rufous-winged ground cuckooNeomorphus rufipennis14
Red-billed ground cuckooNeomorphus pucheranii15
Buff-headed coucalCentropus milo16
White-necked coucalCentropus ateralbus17
Ivory-billed coucalCentropus menbeki18
Biak coucalCentropus chalybeus19
Rufous coucalCentropus unirufus20
Green-billed coucalCentropus chlororhynchos21
Black-faced coucalCentropus melanops22
Black-hooded coucalCentropus steerii23
Short-toed coucalCentropus rectunguis24
Bay coucalCentropus celebensis25
Gabon coucalCentropus anselli26
Black-throated coucalCentropus leucogaster27
Senegal coucalCentropus senegalensis28
Blue-headed coucalCentropus monachus29
Coppery-tailed coucalCentropus cupreicaudus30
White-browed coucalCentropus superciliosus31
Burchell's coucalCentropus burchellii32
Sunda coucalCentropus nigrorufus33
Greater coucalCentropus sinensis34
Malagasy coucalCentropus toulou35
Goliath coucalCentropus goliath36
Black coucalCentropus grillii37
Philippine coucalCentropus viridis38
Lesser coucalCentropus bengalensis39
Violaceous coucalCentropus violaceus40
Black-billed coucalCentropus bernsteini41
Pheasant coucalCentropus phasianinus42
Andaman coucalCentropus andamanensis43
Bornean ground cuckooCarpococcyx radiceus44
Sumatran ground cuckooCarpococcyx viridis45
Coral-billed ground cuckooCarpococcyx renauldi46
Snail-eating couaCoua delalandei47
Crested couaCoua cristata48
Verreaux's couaCoua verreauxi49
Blue couaCoua caerulea50
Red-capped couaCoua ruficeps51
Red-fronted couaCoua reynaudii52
Coquerel's couaCoua coquereli53
Running couaCoua cursor54
Giant couaCoua gigas55
Red-breasted couaCoua serriana56
Raffles's malkohaRhinortha chlorophaea57
Blue malkohaCeuthmochares aereus58
Green malkohaCeuthmochares australis59
Sirkeer malkohaTaccocua leschenaultii60
Red-billed malkohaZanclostomus javanicus61
Yellow-billed malkohaRhamphococcyx calyorhynchus62
Chestnut-breasted malkohaPhaenicophaeus curvirostris63
Red-faced malkohaPhaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus64
Chestnut-bellied malkohaPhaenicophaeus sumatranus65
Blue-faced malkohaPhaenicophaeus viridirostris66
Black-bellied malkohaPhaenicophaeus diardi67
Green-billed malkohaPhaenicophaeus tristis68
Rough-crested malkohaDasylophus superciliosus69
Scale-feathered malkohaDasylophus cumingi70
Chestnut-winged cuckooClamator coromandus71
Great spotted cuckooClamator glandarius72
Levaillant's cuckooClamator levaillantii73
Jacobin cuckooClamator jacobinus74
Little cuckooCoccycua minuta75
Dwarf cuckooCoccycua pumila76
Ash-colored cuckooCoccycua cinerea77
Squirrel cuckooPiaya cayana78
Black-bellied cuckooPiaya melanogaster79
Dark-billed cuckooCoccyzus melacoryphus80
Yellow-billed cuckooCoccyzus americanus81
Pearly-breasted cuckooCoccyzus euleri82
Mangrove cuckooCoccyzus minor83
Cocos cuckooCoccyzus ferrugineus84
Black-billed cuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus85
Grey-capped cuckooCoccyzus lansbergi86
Chestnut-bellied cuckooCoccyzus pluvialis87
Bay-breasted cuckooCoccyzus rufigularis88
Jamaican lizard cuckooCoccyzus vetula89
Great lizard cuckooCoccyzus merlini90
Puerto Rican lizard cuckooCoccyzus vieilloti91
Hispaniolan lizard cuckooCoccyzus longirostris92
Thick-billed cuckooPachycoccyx audeberti93
Dwarf koelMicrodynamis parva94
Asian koelEudynamys scolopaceus95
Black-billed koelEudynamys melanorhynchus96
Pacific koelEudynamys orientalis97
Pacific long-tailed cuckooUrodynamis taitensis98
Channel-billed cuckooScythrops novaehollandiae99
Asian emerald cuckooChrysococcyx maculatus100
Violet cuckooChrysococcyx xanthorhynchus101
Diederik cuckooChrysococcyx caprius102
Klaas's cuckooChrysococcyx klaas103
Yellow-throated cuckooChrysococcyx flavigularis104
African emerald cuckooChrysococcyx cupreus105
long-billed cuckooChrysococcyx megarhynchus106
Horsfield's bronze cuckooChrysococcyx basalis107
Black-eared cuckooChrysococcyx osculans108
Rufous-throated bronze cuckooChrysococcyx ruficollis109
Shining bronze cuckooChrysococcyx lucidus110
White-eared bronze cuckooChrysococcyx meyerii111
Little bronze cuckooChrysococcyx minutillus112
Pallid cuckooCacomantis pallidus113
White-crowned cuckooCacomantis leucolophus114
Chestnut-breasted cuckooCacomantis castaneiventris115
Fan-tailed cuckooCacomantis flabelliformis116
Banded bay cuckooCacomantis sonneratii117
Plaintive cuckooCacomantis merulinus118
Grey-bellied cuckooCacomantis passerinus119
Brush cuckooCacomantis variolosus120
Rusty-breasted cuckooCacomantis sepulcralis121
Moluccan cuckooCacomantis aeruginosus122
Dusky long-tailed cuckooCercococcyx mechowi123
Olive long-tailed cuckooCercococcyx olivinus124
Barred long-tailed cuckooCercococcyx montanus125
Philippine drongo-cuckooSurniculus velutinus126
Square-tailed drongo-cuckooSurniculus lugubris127
Fork-tailed drongo-cuckooSurniculus dicruroides128
Moluccan drongo-cuckooSurniculus musschenbroeki129
Moustached hawk-cuckooHierococcyx vagans130
Large hawk-cuckooHierococcyx sparverioides131
Dark hawk-cuckooHierococcyx bocki132
Common hawk-cuckooHierococcyx varius133
Rufous hawk-cuckooHierococcyx hyperythrus134
Philippine hawk-cuckooHierococcyx pectoralis135
Malaysian hawk-cuckooHierococcyx fugax136
Hodgson's hawk-cuckooHierococcyx nisicolor137
Black cuckooCuculus clamosus138
Red-chested cuckooCuculus solitarius139
Lesser cuckooCuculus poliocephalus140
Sulawesi cuckooCuculus crassirostris141
Indian cuckooCuculus micropterus142
Madagascan cuckooCuculus rochii143
African cuckooCuculus gularis144
Himalayan cuckooCuculus saturatus145
Oriental cuckooCuculus optatus146
Sunda cuckooCuculus lepidus147
Common cuckooCuculus canorus148
St. Helena cuckooNannococcyx psix149

References

  1. Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (July 2020). "IOC World Bird List (v 10.2)". Retrieved July 15, 2020.
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