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Black-billed Cuckoo (Piaya melanogaster) by Jim Fenton

and the owl, and the night-hawk, and the cuckoo, and the hawk after its kind, (Leviticus 11:16 YLT)

CLASS – AVES, Order – CUCULIFORMES, Family – Cuculidae – Cuckoos

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I.O.C. 3.0 Version

Genus (32), Species (147), Subspecies

Guira
Guira Cuckoo (Guira guira) by Dan at National Aviary
Crotophaga
Greater Ani (Crotophaga major) by Ian
Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani) by Daves BirdingPix
Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris) by Reinier Munguia
Tapera
Striped Cuckoo (Tapera naevia) by Dario Sanches
____ (Tapera naevia excellens)
____ (Tapera naevia naevia)
Dromococcyx
Pheasant Cuckoo (Dromococcyx phasianellus) by Ian – Article
Pavonine Cuckoo (Dromococcyx pavoninus)
Morococcyx
Lesser Ground Cuckoo (Morococcyx erythropygus)
____ (Morococcyx erythropygus mexicanus)
____ (Morococcyx erythropygus erythropygus)
Geococcyx
Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) by Daves BirdingPix
Lesser Roadrunner (Geococcyx velox) ©©JMontjo
Neomorphus
Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo (Neomorphus geoffroyi)
____ (Neomorphus geoffroyi salvini)
____ (Neomorphus geoffroyi aequatorialis)
____ (Neomorphus geoffroyi australis)
____ (Neomorphus geoffroyi geoffroyi)
____ (Neomorphus geoffroyi maximiliani)
____ (Neomorphus geoffroyi dulcis)
Scaled Ground Cuckoo (Neomorphus squamiger)
Banded Ground Cuckoo (Neomorphus radiolosus)
Rufous-winged Ground Cuckoo (Neomorphus rufipennis)
Red-billed Ground Cuckoo (Neomorphus pucheranii)
____ (Neomorphus pucheranii pucheranii)
____ (Neomorphus pucheranii lepidophanes)
Centropus
Buff-headed Coucal (Centropus milo)
____ (Centropus milo albidiventris)
____ (Centropus milo milo)
White-necked Coucal (Centropus ateralbus)
Ivory-billed Coucal (Centropus menbeki)
____ (Centropus menbeki menbeki)
____ (Centropus menbeki aruensis)
Biak Coucal (Centropus chalybeus)
Rufous Coucal (Centropus unirufus)
Green-billed Coucal (Centropus chlororhynchos)
Black-faced Coucal (Centropus melanops)
Black-hooded Coucal (Centropus steerii)
Short-toed Coucal (Centropus rectunguis) by Ian
Bay Coucal (Centropus celebensis)
____ (Centropus celebensis celebensis)
____ (Centropus celebensis rufescens)
Gabon Coucal (Centropus anselli)
Black-throated Coucal (Centropus leucogaster)
____ (Centropus leucogaster leucogaster)
____ (Centropus leucogaster efulenensis)
____ (Centropus leucogaster neumanni)
Senegal Coucal (Centropus senegalensis)
____ (Centropus senegalensis aegyptius)
____ (Centropus senegalensis senegalensis)
____ (Centropus senegalensis flecki)
Blue-headed Coucal (Centropus monachus)
____ (Centropus monachus occidentalis)
____ (Centropus monachus fischeri)
____ (Centropus monachus monachus)
Coppery-tailed Coucal (Centropus cupreicaudus) by Daves BirdingPix
White-browed Coucal (Centropus superciliosus)
____ (Centropus superciliosus sokotrae)
____ (Centropus superciliosus superciliosus)
____ (Centropus superciliosus loandae)
Burchell’s Coucal (Centropus burchellii)
____ (Centropus burchellii fasciipygialis)
____ (Centropus burchellii burchellii)
Sunda Coucal (Centropus nigrorufus)
Greater Coucal (Centropus sinensis) by Nikhil Devasar
____ (Centropus sinensis sinensis)
____ (Centropus sinensis parroti)
____ (Centropus sinensis intermedius)
____ (Centropus sinensis bubutus)
____ (Centropus sinensis anonymus)
____ (Centropus sinensis kangeangensis)
Malagasy Coucal (Centropus toulou)
____ (Centropus toulou toulou)
____ (Centropus toulou insularis)
Goliath Coucal (Centropus goliath)
Black Coucal (Centropus grillii)
Philippine Coucal (Centropus viridis)
____ (Centropus viridis major)
____ (Centropus viridis viridis)
____ (Centropus viridis mindorensis)
____ (Centropus viridis carpenteri)
Lesser Coucal (Centropus bengalensis) by Nikhil Devasar
____ (Centropus bengalensis bengalensis)
____ (Centropus bengalensis lignator)
____ (Centropus bengalensis javanensis)
____ (Centropus bengalensis philippinensis)
____ (Centropus bengalensis sarasinorum)
____ (Centropus bengalensis medius)
Violaceous Coucal (Centropus violaceus)
Black-billed Coucal (Centropus bernsteini) by Jim Fenton
Pheasant Coucal (Centropus phasianinus)
____ (Centropus phasianinus spilopterus)
____ (Centropus phasianinus mui)
____ (Centropus phasianinus propinquus)
____ (Centropus phasianinus nigricans)
____ (Centropus phasianinus thierfelderi)
____ (Centropus phasianinus melanurus)
____ (Centropus phasianinus phasianinus)
Andaman Coucal (Centropus andamanensis)
Carpococcyx
Bornean Ground Cuckoo (Carpococcyx radiceus)
Sumatran Ground Cuckoo (Carpococcyx viridis)
Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo (Carpococcyx renauldi)
Coua
Crested Coua (Coua cristata) by Lee at LowryPkZoo
____ (Coua cristata cristata)
____ (Coua cristata dumonti)
____ (Coua cristata pyropyga)
____ (Coua cristata maxima)
Verreaux’s Coua (Coua verreauxi)
Blue Coua (Coua caerulea)
Red-capped Coua (Coua ruficeps)
____ (Coua ruficeps ruficeps)
____ (Coua ruficeps olivaceiceps)
Red-fronted Coua (Coua reynaudii)
Coquerel’s Coua (Coua coquereli)
Running Coua (Coua cursor)
Giant Coua (Coua gigas) WikiC
Red-breasted Coua (Coua serriana)
Rhinortha
Raffles’s Malkoha (Rhinortha chlorophaea) by Ian
Ceuthmochares
Blue Malkoha (Ceuthmochares aereus) or Yellowbill – ©WikiC
____ (Ceuthmochares aereus flavirostris)
____ (Ceuthmochares aereus aereus)
Green Malkoha (Ceuthmochares australis)
Taccocua
Sirkeer Malkoha (Taccocua leschenaultii) by Nikhil Devasar
____ (Taccocua leschenaultii sirkee)
____ (Taccocua leschenaultii infuscata)
____ (Taccocua leschenaultii leschenaultii)
Zanclostomus
Red-billed Malkoha (Zanclostomus javanicus) by Peter Ericsson
____ (Zanclostomus javanicus pallidus)
____ (Zanclostomus javanicus javanicus)
Rhamphococcyx
Yellow-billed Malkoha (Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus) ©WikiC
____ (Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus calyorhynchus)
____ (Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus meridionalis)
____ (Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus rufiloris)
Phaenicophaeus
Chestnut-breasted Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris) by MAMuin
____ (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris singularis)
____ (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris oeneicaudus)
____ (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris curvirostris)
____ (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris deningeri)
____ (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris microrhinus)
____ (Phaenicophaeus curvirostris harringtoni)
Red-faced Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus) ©WikiC
Chestnut-bellied Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus sumatranus) ©WikiC
Blue-faced Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus viridirostris) ©WikiC
Black-bellied Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus diardi) by MAMuin
____ (Phaenicophaeus diardi diardi)
____ (Phaenicophaeus diardi borneensis)
Green-billed Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus tristis) by Peter Ericsson
____ (Phaenicophaeus tristis tristis)
____ (Phaenicophaeus tristis kangeangensis)
Dasylophus
Rough-crested Malkoha (Dasylophus superciliosus) ©WikiC
____ (Dasylophus superciliosus cagayanensis)
____ (Dasylophus superciliosus superciliosus)
Scale-feathered Malkoha (Dasylophus cumingi) ©WikiC
Clamator
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo (Clamator coromandus)
Great Spotted Cuckoo (Clamator glandarius)
Levaillant’s Cuckoo (Clamator levaillantii)
Jacobin Cuckoo (Clamator jacobinus) by Nikhil Devasar
____ (Clamator jacobinus serratus)
____ (Clamator jacobinus pica)
____ (Clamator jacobinus jacobinus)
Coccycua
Little Cuckoo (Coccycua minuta)
____ (Coccycua minuta gracilis)
____ (Coccycua minuta minuta)
Dwarf Cuckoo (Coccycua pumila)
Ash-colored Cuckoo (Coccycua cinerea)
Piaya
Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana)
____ (Piaya cayana mexicana)
____ (Piaya cayana thermophila)
____ (Piaya cayana nigricrissa)
____ (Piaya cayana mehleri)
____ (Piaya cayana mesura)
____ (Piaya cayana circe)
____ (Piaya cayana cayana)
____ (Piaya cayana insulana)
____ (Piaya cayana obscura)
____ (Piaya cayana hellmayri)
____ (Piaya cayana pallescens)
____ (Piaya cayana cabanisi)
____ (Piaya cayana macroura)
____ (Piaya cayana mogenseni)
Black-bellied Cuckoo (Piaya melanogaster)
Coccyzus
Dark-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus melacoryphus)
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus) by Neal Addy Gallery
Pearly-breasted Cuckoo (Coccyzus euleri)
Mangrove Cuckoo (Coccyzus minor)
Cocos Cuckoo (Coccyzus ferrugineus)
Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythropthalmus) by Jim Fenton
Grey-capped Cuckoo (Coccyzus lansbergi)
Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo (Coccyzus pluvialis)
Bay-breasted Cuckoo (Coccyzus rufigularis)
Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo (Coccyzus vetula)
Great Lizard Cuckoo (Coccyzus merlini)
____ (Coccyzus merlini bahamensis)
____ (Coccyzus merlini santamariae)
____ (Coccyzus merlini merlini)
____ (Coccyzus merlini decolor)
Puerto Rican Lizard Cuckoo (Coccyzus vieilloti)
Hispaniolan Lizard Cuckoo (Coccyzus longirostris)
____ (Coccyzus longirostris petersi)
____ (Coccyzus longirostris longirostris)
Pachycoccyx
Thick-billed Cuckoo (Pachycoccyx audeberti)
____ (Pachycoccyx audeberti brazzae)
____ (Pachycoccyx audeberti validus)
____ (Pachycoccyx audeberti audeberti)
Microdynamis
Dwarf Koel (Microdynamis parva)
____ (Microdynamis parva grisescens)
____ (Microdynamis parva parva)
Eudynamys
Asian Koel (Eudynamys scolopaceus) by Peter Ericsson
____ (Eudynamys scolopaceus scolopaceus)
____ (Eudynamys scolopaceus chinensis)
____ (Eudynamys scolopaceus harterti)
____ (Eudynamys scolopaceus malayanus)
____ (Eudynamys scolopaceus mindanensis)
Black-billed Koel (Eudynamys melanorhynchus)
Pacific Koel (Eudynamys orientalis) by Ian
____ (Eudynamys orientalis orientalis)
____ (Eudynamys orientalis everetti)
____ (Eudynamys orientalis rufiventer)
____ (Eudynamys orientalis minimus)
____ (Eudynamys orientalis hybrida)
____ (Eudynamys orientalis salvadorii)
____ (Eudynamys orientalis alberti)
____ (Eudynamys orientalis cyanocephalus)
____ (Eudynamys orientalis subcyanocephalus)
Urodynamis
Long-tailed Cuckoo (Urodynamis taitensis)
Scythrops
Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae)
____ (Scythrops novaehollandiae fordi)
____ (Scythrops novaehollandiae novaehollandiae)
____ (Scythrops novaehollandiae schoddei)
Chrysococcyx
Asian Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx maculatus) by Nikhil Devasar
Violet Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus)
____ (Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus xanthorhynchus)
____ (Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus amethystinus)
Dideric Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius)
Klaas’s Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx klaas)
Yellow-throated Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx flavigularis)
African Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus)
Long-billed Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx megarhynchus)
Horsfield’s Bronze Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx basalis) by Ian
Black-eared Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx osculans)
Rufous-throated Bronze Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx ruficollis)
Shining Bronze Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx lucidus) by Ian
____ (Chrysococcyx lucidus harterti)
____ (Chrysococcyx lucidus layardi)
____ (Chrysococcyx lucidus plagosus)
____ (Chrysococcyx lucidus lucidus)
White-eared Bronze Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx meyerii)
Little Bronze Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx minutillus) by MAMuin
____ (Chrysococcyx minutillus peninsularis)
____ (Chrysococcyx minutillus albifrons)
____ (Chrysococcyx minutillus aheneus)
____ (Chrysococcyx minutillus jungei)
____ (Chrysococcyx minutillus rufomerus)
____ (Chrysococcyx minutillus crassirostris)
____ (Chrysococcyx minutillus salvadorii)
____ (Chrysococcyx minutillus misoriensis)
____ (Chrysococcyx minutillus poecilurus)
____ (Chrysococcyx minutillus minutillus)
____ (Chrysococcyx minutillus barnardi)
Cacomantis
Pallid Cuckoo (Cacomantis pallidus)
White-crowned Cuckoo (Cacomantis leucolophus)
Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo (Cacomantis castaneiventris)
____ (Cacomantis castaneiventris arfakianus)
____ (Cacomantis castaneiventris weiskei)
____ (Cacomantis castaneiventris castaneiventris)
Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis flabelliformis) by Ian
____ (Cacomantis flabelliformis excitus)
____ (Cacomantis flabelliformis flabelliformis)
____ (Cacomantis flabelliformis pyrrophanus)
____ (Cacomantis flabelliformis meeki)
____ (Cacomantis flabelliformis schistaceigularis)
____ (Cacomantis flabelliformis simus)
Banded Bay Cuckoo (Cacomantis sonneratii)
____ (Cacomantis sonneratii sonneratii)
____ (Cacomantis sonneratii waiti)
____ (Cacomantis sonneratii schlegeli)
____ (Cacomantis sonneratii musicus)
Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus)
____ (Cacomantis merulinus querulus)
____ (Cacomantis merulinus threnodes)
____ (Cacomantis merulinus lanceolatus)
____ (Cacomantis merulinus merulinus)
Grey-bellied Cuckoo (Cacomantis passerinus)
Brush Cuckoo (Cacomantis variolosus)
____ (Cacomantis variolosus infaustus)
____ (Cacomantis variolosus oreophilus)
____ (Cacomantis variolosus blandus)
____ (Cacomantis variolosus macrocercus)
____ (Cacomantis variolosus websteri)
____ (Cacomantis variolosus addendus)
____ (Cacomantis variolosus variolosus)
Rusty-breasted Cuckoo (Cacomantis sepulcralis)
____ (Cacomantis sepulcralis sepulcralis)
____ (Cacomantis sepulcralis virescens)
____ (Cacomantis sepulcralis aeruginosus)
Moluccan Cuckoo (Cacomantis heinrichi)
Cercococcyx
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo (Cercococcyx mechowi)
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo (Cercococcyx olivinus)
Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo (Cercococcyx montanus)
____ (Cercococcyx montanus montanus)
____ (Cercococcyx montanus patulus)
Surniculus
Philippine Drongo-Cuckoo (Surniculus velutinus)
____ (Surniculus velutinus chalybaeus)
____ (Surniculus velutinus velutinus)
____ (Surniculus velutinus suluensis)
Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo (Surniculus lugubris)
____ (Surniculus lugubris stewarti)
____ (Surniculus lugubris brachyurus)
____ (Surniculus lugubris lugubris)
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo (Surniculus dicruroides)
____ (Surniculus dicruroides dicruroides)
____ (Surniculus dicruroides barussarum)
Moluccan Drongo-Cuckoo (Surniculus musschenbroeki)
Hierococcyx
Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx vagans)
Large Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx sparverioides)
Dark Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx bocki)
Common Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx varius)
____ (Hierococcyx varius varius)
____ (Hierococcyx varius ciceliae)
Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx hyperythrus)
Philippine Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx pectoralis)
Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx fugax)
Hodgson’s Hawk-Cuckoo (Hierococcyx nisicolor)
Cuculus
Black Cuckoo (Cuculus clamosus)
____ (Cuculus clamosus gabonensis)
____ (Cuculus clamosus clamosus)
Red-chested Cuckoo (Cuculus solitarius)
Lesser Cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
Sulawesi Cuckoo (Cuculus crassirostris)
Indian Cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus)
____ (Cuculus micropterus micropterus)
____ (Cuculus micropterus concretus)
Madagascar Cuckoo (Cuculus rochii)
African Cuckoo (Cuculus gularis)
Himalayan Cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)
Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus optatus)
Sunda Cuckoo (Cuculus lepidus)
Common Cuckoo (Cuculus canorus) Being raised by a Reed Warbler ©WikiC
____ (Cuculus canorus canorus) by Nikhil Devasar
____ (Cuculus canorus bangsi)
____ (Cuculus canorus subtelephonus)
____ (Cuculus canorus bakeri)
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See Also:
Birds of the Bible – Cuckoo
Ian’s Bird of the Week – Pheasant Coucal

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