Species |
Family |
Scientific name |
Breeding Regions |
Breeding Subregions |
Nonbreeding Subregions |
- CUCULIFORMES |
African Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Cuculus gularis | AF | widespread | |
African Emerald Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Chrysococcyx cupreus | AF | Senegal and Gambia to South Sudan and Ethiopia, s to Angola and e South Africa | |
Andaman Coucal i | Cuculidae | Centropus andamanensis | OR | Andaman Is. | |
Ash-colored Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Coccycua cinerea | SA | s Brazil, Paraguay, n Argentina and Uruguay | |
Asian Emerald Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Chrysococcyx maculatus | OR | Himalayas to sc China and se Asia | to s India, Sri Lanka and Malay Pen. |
Asian Koel i | Cuculidae | Eudynamys scolopaceus | OR | widespread; also Lesser Sundas | |
Banded Bay Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Cacomantis sonneratii | OR | India and Sri Lanka to s China, se Asia, Greater Sundas and Palawan (sw Philippines) | |
Banded Ground Cuckoo (EN) i | Cuculidae | Neomorphus radiolosus | SA | sw Colombia and nw Ecuador | |
Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo i U | Cuculidae | Cercococcyx montanus | AF | e, se | |
Bay Coucal i | Cuculidae | Centropus celebensis | AU | Sulawesi region | |
Bay-breasted Cuckoo (EN) i | Cuculidae | Coccyzus rufigularis | NA | Hispaniola | |
Biak Coucal (NT) i | Cuculidae | Centropus chalybeus | AU | Biak (Geelvink Bay is., nw New Guinea) | |
Black Coucal i U | Cuculidae | Centropus grillii | AF | widespread | |
Black Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Cuculus clamosus | AF | widespread | |
Black-bellied Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Piaya melanogaster | SA | Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas to n Bolivia and sc Brazil | |
Black-bellied Malkoha (NT) i | Cuculidae | Phaenicophaeus diardi | OR | Malay Pen., Sumatra and Borneo | |
Black-billed Coucal i | Cuculidae | Centropus bernsteini | AU | Batanta (Raja Ampat Is., nw of New Guinea), Bird's Head and Neck (nw New Guinea), wc to ec and ne (Huon Pen.) New Guinea and Manam (n of ne New Guinea) | |
Black-billed Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Coccyzus erythropthalmus | NA | sc, se Canada and c, e USA | nw SA |
Black-billed Koel i | Cuculidae | Eudynamys melanorhynchus | AU | Sulawesi and satellites, Banggai and Sula is. (e of Sulawesi) | |
Black-eared Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Chrysococcyx osculans | AU | Australia (except Tasmania) | to e Indonesian Arch. and s New Guinea |
Black-faced Coucal i | Cuculidae | Centropus melanops | OR | East Visayas and Mindanao group (ec. s Philippines) | |
Black-hooded Coucal (CR) i | Cuculidae | Centropus steerii | OR | Mindoro (Philippines) | |
Black-throated Coucal i | Cuculidae | Centropus leucogaster | AF | w, c | |
Blue Coua i U | Cuculidae | Coua caerulea | AF | nw, e Madagascar | |
Blue Malkoha i | Cuculidae | Ceuthmochares aereus | AF | w, c | |
Blue-faced Malkoha i | Cuculidae | Phaenicophaeus viridirostris | OR | s India and Sri Lanka | |
Blue-headed Coucal i | Cuculidae | Centropus monachus | AF | ne, c, w | |
Bornean Ground Cuckoo (VU) i U | Cuculidae | Carpococcyx radiceus | OR | Borneo | |
Brush Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Cacomantis variolosus | AU | e Wallacea, New Guinea region, n, e Australia, Bismarck Arch. and Solomon Is. | |
Buff-headed Coucal i | Cuculidae | Centropus milo | AU | c Solomon Is. | |
Burchell's Coucal i | Cuculidae | Centropus burchellii | AF | se, s | |
Channel-billed Cuckoo i U | Cuculidae | Scythrops novaehollandiae | AU | Wallacea, n, e Australia and e Bismarck Arch. | |
Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo i U | Cuculidae | Coccyzus pluvialis | NA | Jamaica | |
Chestnut-bellied Malkoha (NT) i U | Cuculidae | Phaenicophaeus sumatranus | OR | Malay Pen., Sumatra, Borneo and intervening satellites | |
Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Cacomantis castaneiventris | AU | New Guinea and w satellites, and n, e Cape York Pen., ne QLD (ne Australia) | |
Chestnut-breasted Malkoha i | Cuculidae | Phaenicophaeus curvirostris | OR | Malay Pen., Greater Sundas and sw Philippines | |
Chestnut-winged Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Clamator coromandus | OR | Himalayas to e China and se Asia | s India and Sri Lanka to w, c Indonesian Arch. and Philippines |
Cocos Cuckoo (VU) i | Cuculidae | Coccyzus ferrugineus | MA | I. del Coco (far sw of Costa Rica) | |
Common Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Cuculus canorus | PAL | widespread | OR, AF |
Common Hawk-Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Hierococcyx varius | OR | India to Myanmar | |
Coppery-tailed Coucal i U | Cuculidae | Centropus cupreicaudus | AF | s DR Congo and s, sw Tanzania to Angola, n Botswana and Malawi | |
Coquerel's Coua i | Cuculidae | Coua coquereli | AF | w, ne Madagascar | |
Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo (VU) i | Cuculidae | Carpococcyx renauldi | OR | se Asia | |
Crested Coua i | Cuculidae | Coua cristata | AF | Madagascar (except c) | |
Dark Hawk-Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Hierococcyx bocki | OR | montane Malay Pen., Sumatra and Borneo | |
Dark-billed Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Coccyzus melacoryphus | SA | Colombia and Venezuela s to c Argentina and Uruguay | |
Diederik Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Chrysococcyx caprius | AF | widespread; also se Arabian Pen. | |
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo i U | Cuculidae | Cercococcyx mechowi | AF | Sierra Leone to Uganda, e DR Congo and n Angola | |
Dwarf Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Coccycua pumila | SA | Colombia and Venezuela | |
Dwarf Koel i U | Cuculidae | Microdynamis parva | AU | New Guinea | |
Fan-tailed Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Cacomantis flabelliformis | AU, PO | montane New Guinea, sw, e Australia and Tasmania, New Caledonia, Solomon Is., Vanuatu and Fiji (sw Polynesia) | |
Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo i U | Cuculidae | Surniculus dicruroides | OR | Himalayan foothills, c, s India and Sri Lanka | |
Gabon Coucal i | Cuculidae | Centropus anselli | AF | Cameroon to Angola and c DR Congo | |
Giant Coua i | Cuculidae | Coua gigas | AF | w, s Madagascar | |
Goliath Coucal i | Cuculidae | Centropus goliath | AU | Morotai to Obi (n Moluccas) | |
Great Lizard Cuckoo i U | Cuculidae | Coccyzus merlini | NA | Bahamas and Cuba | |
Great Spotted Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Clamator glandarius | AF, PAL | s Europe through AF | |
Greater Ani i | Cuculidae | Crotophaga major | MA, SA | e Panama to n Argentina | |
Greater Coucal i | Cuculidae | Centropus sinensis | OR | Pakistan to se China, sw Philippines and Greater Sundas | |
Greater Roadrunner i | Cuculidae | Geococcyx californianus | NA, MA | sw USA and Mexico | |
Green Malkoha i | Cuculidae | Ceuthmochares australis | AF | Ethiopia and Somalia to Mozambique and South Africa | |
Green-billed Coucal (VU) i | Cuculidae | Centropus chlororhynchos | OR | Sri Lanka | |
Green-billed Malkoha i | Cuculidae | Phaenicophaeus tristis | OR | n India to s China, Sumatra and Kangean Is. (n of Bali) | |
Grey-bellied Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Cacomantis passerinus | OR | India | |
Grey-capped Cuckoo i U | Cuculidae | Coccyzus lansbergi | SA | Colombia and Venezuela | w SA |
Groove-billed Ani i | Cuculidae | Crotophaga sulcirostris | MA, SA | Mexico to Guyana and nw Argentina | |
Guira Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Guira guira | SA | e, s Brazil to Bolivia, Paraguay, n Argentina and Uruguay | |
Himalayan Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Cuculus saturatus | OR | Himalayas through se Asia to e China and Taiwan | se Asia, Greater Sundas and Philippines |
Hispaniolan Lizard Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Coccyzus longirostris | NA | Hispaniola | |
Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Hierococcyx nisicolor | OR | Nepal and e Himalayas to Myanmar, Thailand and Hainan I. | s to Greater Sundas |
Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Chrysococcyx basalis | AU | Australia and Tasmania | to Indonesian Arch. |
Indian Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Cuculus micropterus | OR, PAL | widespread India through se, ne Asia to Greater Sundas | |
Ivory-billed Coucal i U | Cuculidae | Centropus menbeki | AU | New Guinea and w satellites | |
Jacobin Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Clamator jacobinus | AF, OR | widespread in AF, India to Myanmar | |
Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Coccyzus vetula | NA | Jamaica | |
Kai Coucal i | Cuculidae | Centropus spilopterus | AU | Kai Is. (se Moluccas) | |
Klaas's Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Chrysococcyx klaas | AF, PAL | widespread in Sub-Saharan Africa. Also sw Arabian Pen. | |
Large Hawk-Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Hierococcyx sparverioides | OR | widespread w Himalayas through e China and se Asia | s India through w, c Indonesian Arch. and Philippines |
Lesser Coucal i U | Cuculidae | Centropus bengalensis | OR, AU | widespread | |
Lesser Cuckoo i U | Cuculidae | Cuculus poliocephalus | PAL, OR | se Siberia and Japan to s China, n se Asia and the Himalayas | India and e AF |
Lesser Ground Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Morococcyx erythropygus | MA | w Mexico to nw Costa Rica | |
Lesser Roadrunner i | Cuculidae | Geococcyx velox | MA | w Mexico to Nicaragua | |
Levaillant's Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Clamator levaillantii | AF | widespread s of the Sahara | |
Little Bronze Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Chrysococcyx minutillus | OR, AU | se Asia to Philippines, Lesser Sundas and n, e Australia | |
Little Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Coccycua minuta | MA, SA | e Panama to ne Brazil and n Bolivia | |
Long-billed Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Chrysococcyx megarhynchus | AU | Raja Ampat Is. (nw of New Guinea), Aru Is. (sw of New Guinea) and New Guinea | |
Madagascar Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Cuculus rochii | AF | Madagascar | e AF |
Malagasy Coucal i | Cuculidae | Centropus toulou | AF | Aldabra group (sw Seychelles) and Madagascar | |
Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Hierococcyx fugax | OR | Malay Pen., Sumatra and satellites, w Java and Borneo | |
Mangrove Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Coccyzus minor | NA, MA, SA | s Florida, Caribbean, MA to ne Brazil | |
Moluccan Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Cacomantis aeruginosus | AU | n, c Moluccas | |
Moluccan Drongo-Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Surniculus musschenbroeki | AU | Sulawesi, Banggai and Sula is. (e of Sulawesi) and Halmahera (n Moluccas) | |
Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo (NT) i | Cuculidae | Hierococcyx vagans | OR | se Myanmar, sw Thailand, Malay Pen., Sumatra and Borneo | |
Northern Hawk-Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Hierococcyx hyperythrus | PAL | se Siberia, Japan, Korean Pen. and ne China | to se Asia, n Borneo and n Sulawesi |
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo i U | Cuculidae | Cercococcyx olivinus | AF | Guinea to Uganda and e DR Congo, Gabon, Angola and Zambia | |
Oriental Cuckoo i U | Cuculidae | Cuculus optatus | PAL | w Russia and Kazakhstan through ne Russia to Japan | se Asia, Philippines and Indonesian Arch. to n, e Australia, New Guinea and satellites, Bismarck Arch. and Solomon Is. |
Pacific Koel i | Cuculidae | Eudynamys orientalis | AU | c Moluccas to n, e Australia | |
Pacific Long-tailed Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Urodynamis taitensis | AU | North, South and Stewart is. and satellites (New Zealand) | |
Pallid Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Cacomantis pallidus | AU | Australia and Tasmania | to c, e Lesser Sundas |
Pavonine Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Dromococcyx pavoninus | SA | Guyana to n Argentina | |
Pearly-breasted Cuckoo i U | Cuculidae | Coccyzus euleri | SA | Colombia, Venezuela and the Guianas to e Paraguay and ne Argentina | |
Pheasant Coucal i | Cuculidae | Centropus phasianinus | AU | Lesser Sundas, ec to se New Guinea and n, e Australia | |
Pheasant Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Dromococcyx phasianellus | MA, SA | s Mexico to n Argentina | |
Philippine Coucal i | Cuculidae | Centropus viridis | OR | Philippines (except Palawan group and s Sulu Arch.) | |
Philippine Drongo-Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Surniculus velutinus | OR | Philippines (except Palawan group) | |
Philippine Hawk-Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Hierococcyx pectoralis | OR | Philippines (except Sulu Arch.) | |
Plaintive Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Cacomantis merulinus | OR, AU | se Asia to Philippines | |
Puerto Rican Lizard Cuckoo i U | Cuculidae | Coccyzus vieilloti | NA | Puerto Rico | |
Raffles's Malkoha i | Cuculidae | Rhinortha chlorophaea | OR | Malay Pen., Sumatra, Batu Is. (w of c Sumatra), Bangka (e of s Sumatra), Natuna Is. (nw of Borneo) and Borneo | |
Red-billed Ground Cuckoo i U | Cuculidae | Neomorphus pucheranii | SA | w Amazonia | |
Red-billed Malkoha i | Cuculidae | Zanclostomus javanicus | OR | Malay Pen. and Greater Sundas | |
Red-breasted Coua i | Cuculidae | Coua serriana | AF | nw, ne to nc Madagascar | |
Red-capped Coua i | Cuculidae | Coua ruficeps | AF | w, s Madagascar | |
Red-chested Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Cuculus solitarius | AF | widespread | |
Red-faced Malkoha (VU) i U | Cuculidae | Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus | OR | Sri Lanka | |
Red-fronted Coua i | Cuculidae | Coua reynaudii | AF | nw, e Madagascar | |
Rough-crested Malkoha i | Cuculidae | Dasylophus superciliosus | OR | Luzon group (n Philippines) | |
Rufous Coucal (NT) i | Cuculidae | Centropus unirufus | OR | Luzon group (Philippines) | |
Rufous-throated Bronze Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Chrysococcyx ruficollis | AU | montane New Guinea | |
Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo (VU) i | Cuculidae | Neomorphus geoffroyi | MA, SA | Nicaragua to Colombia and s Brazil | |
Rufous-winged Ground Cuckoo i U | Cuculidae | Neomorphus rufipennis | SA | s Venezuela, Guyana and n Brazil | |
Running Coua i U | Cuculidae | Coua cursor | AF | sw, s Madagascar | |
Rusty-breasted Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Cacomantis sepulcralis | OR, AU | Malay Pen. to Greater and Lesser Sundas, Sulawesi and sw Philippines | |
Scale-feathered Malkoha i | Cuculidae | Dasylophus cumingi | OR | Luzon group (n Philippines) | |
Scaled Ground Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Neomorphus squamiger | SA | Brazil and sc Amazonia (lower Rio Tapajós) | |
Senegal Coucal i | Cuculidae | Centropus senegalensis | AF | widespread | |
Shining Bronze Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Chrysococcyx lucidus | AU | w, nc, e, se Australia, Solomon Is., Vanuatu, New Caledonia, and New Zealand region including Chatham Is. (e of North I.) | to Lesser Sundas, New Guinea region, Bismarck Arch. and Solomon Is. |
Short-toed Coucal (VU) i | Cuculidae | Centropus rectunguis | OR | Malay Pen., Sumatra and Borneo | |
Sirkeer Malkoha i | Cuculidae | Taccocua leschenaultii | OR | Pakistan and India | |
Smooth-billed Ani i | Cuculidae | Crotophaga ani | NA, MA, SA | s Florida to n Argentina | |
Snail-eating Coua (EX) i | Cuculidae | Coua delalandei | AF | Nosy Boraha (=Ile Sainte-Marie, just e of ne Madagascar) | |
Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Surniculus lugubris | OR | nw Himalayas to se China, s to Malay Pen., Greater Sundas and Palawan group (s Philippines) | |
Squirrel Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Piaya cayana | MA, SA | widespread | |
St. Helena Cuckoo (EX) i | Cuculidae | Nannococcyx psix | AO | St. Helena (tropical se Atlantic Ocean) | |
Striped Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Tapera naevia | MA, SA | s Mexico to n Argentina | |
Sulawesi Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Cuculus crassirostris | AU | Sulawesi | |
Sumatran Ground Cuckoo (CR) i | Cuculidae | Carpococcyx viridis | OR | montane Sumatra | |
Sunda Coucal (VU) i | Cuculidae | Centropus nigrorufus | OR | Java | |
Sunda Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Cuculus lepidus | OR | montane Malay Pen., Greater and Lesser Sundas and Seram (ec Moluccas) | |
Thick-billed Cuckoo i U | Cuculidae | Pachycoccyx audeberti | AF | w, wc, se AF and Madagascar | |
Verreaux's Coua i U | Cuculidae | Coua verreauxi | AF | coastal far s Madagascar | |
Violaceous Coucal i U | Cuculidae | Centropus violaceus | AU | New Ireland and New Britain (e Bismarck Arch.) | |
Violet Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus | OR | ne India and se Asia to Philippines | |
White-browed Coucal i | Cuculidae | Centropus superciliosus | AF | e, sc, also sw Arabian Pen. | |
White-crowned Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Cacomantis leucolophus | AU | Salawati (Raja Ampat Is., nw of New Guinea) and New Guinea | |
White-eared Bronze Cuckoo i U | Cuculidae | Chrysococcyx meyerii | AU | montane Batanta (Raja Ampat Is., nw of New Guinea), New Guinea and Goodenough (D'Entrecasteaux Arch., e of se New Guinea) | |
White-necked Coucal i | Cuculidae | Centropus ateralbus | AU | New Ireland, Dyaul (=Djaul, s of w New Ireland), Umboi (w of New Britain), New Britain and Lolobau (n of e New Britain; e Bismarck Arch.) | |
Yellow-billed Cuckoo i | Cuculidae | Coccyzus americanus | NA, MA | s Canada to n Mexico and West Indies | SA |
Yellow-billed Malkoha i | Cuculidae | Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus | AU | Sulawesi | |
Yellow-throated Cuckoo i U | Cuculidae | Chrysococcyx flavigularis | AF | Sierra Leone to Ghana, Cameroon to e DR Congo and Gabon | |
54% 80 species of 150 (2 extinct).