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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    Chalcites 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    Cuculidae    Carpococcyx radiceus  OR Borneo  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    Chalcites 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    Chalcites 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    Chalcites 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  Manus Brush Cuckoo i    Cuculidae    Cacomantis blandus  AU Ninigo and Admiralty Is. (nw Bismarck Arch.)  Mentawai Malkoha i    Cuculidae    Phaenicophaeus oeneicaudus  OR Mentawai Is. (w of c Sumatra)  Moluccan Brush 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  Olive-capped Coua i    Cuculidae    Coua olivaceiceps  AF sw Madagascar  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) c, s tropical Pacific, from Palau (w Caroline Is., w Micronesia) to Pitcairn group (se Polynesia)  Pallid Cuckoo i    Cuculidae    Heteroscenes 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.)  Pied Bronze Cuckoo i    Cuculidae    Chalcites crassirostris  AU Tayandu, Kai, and Tanimbar is. (s Moluccas)  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 nw Madagascar  Red-chested Cuckoo i    Cuculidae    Cuculus solitarius  AF widespread  Red-faced Malkoha (VU)  i    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    Chalcites 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  Sahul Brush Cuckoo i    Cuculidae    Cacomantis variolosus  AU e Wallacea, New Guinea region, n, e Australia, Bismarck Arch. and Solomon Is.  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    Chalcites 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)  Solomons Brush Cuckoo i    Cuculidae    Cacomantis addendus  AU Solomon Is. (except Rennell)  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 Brush Cuckoo i    Cuculidae    Cacomantis virescens  AU Sulawesi, Banggai and Sula is. (e of Sulawesi), Butung (=Buton) and Tukangbesi Is. (s, se of se Sulawesi)  Sulawesi Cuckoo i    Cuculidae    Cuculus crassirostris  AU Sulawesi  Sumatran Ground Cuckoo (CR)  i    Cuculidae    Carpococcyx viridis  OR montane Sumatra  Sunda Brush Cuckoo i    Cuculidae    Cacomantis sepulcralis  OR Malay Pen. to Greater and Lesser Sundas and sw Philippines  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    Caliechthrus leucolophus  AU Salawati (Raja Ampat Is., nw of New Guinea) and New Guinea  White-eared Bronze Cuckoo i U    Cuculidae    Chalcites 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%   84 species of 156 (2 extinct).   IUCN Status Codes EX Extinct EW Extinct in the wild CR Critically Endangered EN Endangered VU Vulnerable NT Near Threatened LC Least Concern DD Data deficient NE Not evaluated LC not shown.   Breeding Range Codes AF Africa (entire continent rather than south of Sahara) AN Antarctica AO Atlantic Ocean AU Australasia (Wallacea (Indonesian islands east of Wallace's line), New Guinea and its islands, Australia, New Zealand and its subantarctic islands, the Solomons, New Caledonia, and Vanuatu) PAL Eurasia (Europe, Asia from the Middle East through central Asia north of the Himalayas, Siberia and northern China to Japan) IO Indian Ocean LA Latin America (Middle and South America) MA Middle America (Mexico through Panama) NA North America (includes the Caribbean) NO Northern oceans OR Oriental Region (South Asia from Pakistan to Taiwan, plus Southeast Asia, the Philippines, and Greater Sundas) PO Pacific Ocean SA South America SO Southern oceans TO Temperate oceans TrO Tropical oceans Worldwide Worldwide