The International Ornithological Committee (IOC) recognizes these 156 species of cuckoos in the family Cuculidae. In addition to the 91 species whose name includes "cuckoo", the family includes anis, roadrunners, coucals, couas, malkohas, and koels. They are distributed among 35 genera, some of which have only one species. Two extinct species (E), the snail-eating coua and the St. Helena cuckoo, are included.
This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.
Common nameBinomial name + authorityIOC sequenceGuira cuckooGuira guira (Gmelin, JF, 1788)1Greater aniCrotophaga major Gmelin, JF, 17882Smooth-billed aniCrotophaga ani Linnaeus, 17583Groove-billed aniCrotophaga sulcirostris Swainson, 18274Striped cuckooTapera naevia (Linnaeus, 1766)5Pheasant cuckooDromococcyx phasianellus (Spix, 1824)6Pavonine cuckooDromococcyx pavoninus Pelzeln, 18707Lesser ground cuckooMorococcyx erythropygus (Lesson, RP, 1842)8Greater roadrunnerGeococcyx californianus (Lesson, RP, 1829)9Lesser roadrunnerGeococcyx velox (Wagner, 1836)10Rufous-vented ground cuckooNeomorphus geoffroyi (Temminck, 1820)11Scaled ground cuckooNeomorphus squamiger Todd, 192512Banded ground cuckooNeomorphus radiolosus Sclater, PL & Salvin, 187813Rufous-winged ground cuckooNeomorphus rufipennis (Gray, GR, 1849)14Red-billed ground cuckooNeomorphus pucheranii (Deville, 1851)15Buff-headed coucalCentropus milo Gould, 185616White-necked coucalCentropus ateralbus Lesson, RP, 182617Ivory-billed coucalCentropus menbeki Lesson, RP & Garnot, 182818Biak coucalCentropus chalybeus (Salvadori, 1876)19Rufous coucalCentropus unirufus (Cabanis & Heine, 1863)20Green-billed coucalCentropus chlororhynchos Blyth, 184921Black-faced coucalCentropus melanops Lesson, RP, 183022Black-hooded coucalCentropus steerii Bourns & Worcester, 189423Short-toed coucalCentropus rectunguis Strickland, 184724Bay coucalCentropus celebensis Quoy & Gaimard, 183225Gabon coucalCentropus anselli Sharpe, 187426Black-throated coucalCentropus leucogaster (Leach, 1814)27Senegal coucalCentropus senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766)28Blue-headed coucalCentropus monachus Rüppell, 183729Coppery-tailed coucalCentropus cupreicaudus Reichenow, 189630White-browed coucalCentropus superciliosus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 182931Burchell's coucalCentropus burchellii Swainson, 183832Sunda coucalCentropus nigrorufus (Cuvier, 1816)33Greater coucalCentropus sinensis (Stephens, 1815)34Malagasy coucalCentropus toulou (Müller, PLS, 1776)35Goliath coucalCentropus goliath Bonaparte, 185036Black coucalCentropus grillii Hartlaub, 186137Philippine coucalCentropus viridis (Scopoli, 1786)38Lesser coucalCentropus bengalensis (Gmelin, JF, 1788)39Violaceous coucalCentropus violaceus Quoy & Gaimard, 183240Black-billed coucalCentropus bernsteini Schlegel, 186641Kai coucalCentropus spilopterus Gray, GR, 185842Pheasant coucalCentropus phasianinus (Latham, 1801)43Andaman coucalCentropus andamanensis Beavan, 186744Bornean ground cuckooCarpococcyx radiceus (Temminck, 1832)45Sumatran ground cuckooCarpococcyx viridis Salvadori, 187946Coral-billed ground cuckooCarpococcyx renauldi Oustalet, 189647Snail-eating couaCoua delalandei (Temminck, 1827) (E)48Crested couaCoua cristata (Linnaeus, 1766)49Verreaux's couaCoua verreauxi Grandidier, A, 186750Blue couaCoua caerulea (Linnaeus, 1766)51Red-capped couaCoua ruficeps Gray, GR, 184652Olive-capped couaCoua olivceiceps Sharpe, 187353Red-fronted couaCoua reynaudii Pucheran, 184554Coquerel's couaCoua coquereli Grandidier, A, 186755Running couaCoua cursor Grandidier, A, 186756Giant couaCoua gigas (Boddaert, 1783)57Red-breasted couaCoua serriana Pucheran, 184558Raffles's malkohaRhinortha chlorophaea (Raffles, 1822)59Blue malkohaCeuthmochares aereus (Vieillot, 1817)60Green malkohaCeuthmochares australis Sharpe, 187361Sirkeer malkohaTaccocua leschenaultii Lesson, RP, 183062Red-billed malkohaZanclostomus javanicus (Horsfield, 1821)63Yellow-billed malkohaRhamphococcyx calyorhynchus (Temminck, 1825)64Chestnut-breasted malkohaPhaenicophaeus curvirostris (Shaw, 1810)65Mentawai malkohaPhaenicophaeus oeneicaudus (Verreaux, J & Verreaux, É, 1855)66Red-faced malkohaPhaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus (Pennant, 1769)67Chestnut-bellied malkohaPhaenicophaeus sumatranus (Raffles, 1822)68Blue-faced malkohaPhaenicophaeus viridirostris (Jerdon, 1840)69Black-bellied malkohaPhaenicophaeus diardi (Lesson, RP, 1830)70Green-billed malkohaPhaenicophaeus tristis (Lesson, RP, 1830)71Rough-crested malkohaDasylophus superciliosus (Dumont, 1823)72Scale-feathered malkohaDasylophus cumingi (Fraser, 1839)73Chestnut-winged cuckooClamator coromandus (Linnaeus, 1766)74Great spotted cuckooClamator glandarius (Linnaeus, 1758)75Levaillant's cuckooClamator levaillantii (Swainson, 1829)76Jacobin cuckooClamator jacobinus (Boddaert, 1783)77Little cuckooCoccycua minuta (Vieillot, 1817)78Dwarf cuckooCoccycua pumila (Strickland, 1852)79Ash-colored cuckooCoccycua cinerea (Vieillot, 1817)80Squirrel cuckooPiaya cayana (Linnaeus, 1766)81Black-bellied cuckooPiaya melanogaster (Vieillot, 1817)82Dark-billed cuckooCoccyzus melacoryphus Vieillot, 181783Yellow-billed cuckooCoccyzus americanus (Linnaeus, 1758)84Pearly-breasted cuckooCoccyzus euleri Cabanis, 187385Mangrove cuckooCoccyzus minor (Gmelin, JF, 1788)86Cocos cuckooCoccyzus ferrugineus Gould, 184387Black-billed cuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus (Wilson, A, 1811)88Grey-capped cuckooCoccyzus lansbergi Bonaparte, 185089Chestnut-bellied cuckooCoccyzus pluvialis (Gmelin, JF, 1788)90Bay-breasted cuckooCoccyzus rufigularis Hartlaub, 185291Jamaican lizard cuckooCoccyzus vetula (Linnaeus, 1758)92Great lizard cuckooCoccyzus merlini (d'Orbigny, 1839)93Puerto Rican lizard cuckooCoccyzus vieilloti (Bonaparte, 1850)94Hispaniolan lizard cuckooCoccyzus longirostris (Hermann, 1783)95Thick-billed cuckooPachycoccyx audeberti (Schlegel, 1879)96Dwarf koelMicrodynamis parva (Salvadori, 1876)97Asian koelEudynamys scolopaceus (Linnaeus, 1758)98Black-billed koelEudynamys melanorhynchus Müller, S, 184399Pacific koelEudynamys orientalis (Linnaeus, 1766)100Long-tailed koelUrodynamis taitensis (Sparrman, 1787)101Channel-billed cuckooScythrops novaehollandiae Latham, 1790102Asian emerald cuckooChrysococcyx maculatus (Gmelin, JF, 1788)103Violet cuckooChrysococcyx xanthorhynchus (Horsfield, 1821)104Diederik cuckooChrysococcyx caprius (Boddaert, 1783)105Klaas's cuckooChrysococcyx klaas (Stephens, 1815)106Yellow-throated cuckooChrysococcyx flavigularis Shelley, 1880107African emerald cuckooChrysococcyx cupreus (Shaw, 1792)108Long-billed cuckooChalcites megarhynchus (Gray, GR, 1858)109Horsfield's bronze cuckooChalcites basalis (Horsfield, 1821)110Black-eared cuckooChalcites osculans (Gould, 1847)111Rufous-throated bronze cuckooChalcites ruficollis (Salvadori, 1876)112Shining bronze cuckooChalcites lucidus (Gmelin, JF, 1788)113White-eared bronze cuckooChalcites meyerii Salvadori, 1874114Little bronze cuckooChalcites minutillus Gould, 1859115Pied bronze cuckooChalcites crassirostris Salvadori, 1878116Pallid cuckooHeteroscenes pallidus (Latham, 1801)117White-crowned cuckooCaliechthrus leucolophus (Müller, S, 1840)118Chestnut-breasted cuckooCacomantis castaneiventris (Gould, 1867)119Fan-tailed cuckooCacomantis flabelliformis (Latham, 1801)120Banded bay cuckooCacomantis sonneratii (Latham, 1790)121Plaintive cuckooCacomantis merulinus (Scopoli, 1786)122Grey-bellied cuckooCacomantis passerinus (Vahl, 1797)123Sunda brush cuckooCacomantis sepulcralis (Müller, S, 1843)124Sulawesi brush cuckooCacomantis virescens (Brüggemann, 1876)125Sahul brush cuckooCacomantis variolosus (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827)126Manus brush cuckooCacomantis blandus (Rothschild & Hartert, 1914)127Solomons brush cuckooCacomantis addendus (Rothschild & Hartert, 1901)128Moluccan brush cuckooCacomantis aeruginosus Salvadori, 1878129Dusky long-tailed cuckooCercococcyx mechowi Cabanis, 1882130Olive long-tailed cuckooCercococcyx olivinus Sassi, 1912131Barred long-tailed cuckooCercococcyx montanus Chapin, 1928132Philippine drongo-cuckooSurniculus velutinus Sharpe, 1877133Square-tailed drongo-cuckooSurniculus lugubris (Horsfield, 1821)134Fork-tailed drongo-cuckooSurniculus dicruroides (Hodgson, 1839)135Moluccan drongo-cuckooSurniculus musschenbroeki Meyer, AB, 1878136Moustached hawk-cuckooHierococcyx vagans (Müller, S, 1845)137Large hawk-cuckooHierococcyx sparverioides (Vigors, 1832)138Dark hawk-cuckooHierococcyx bocki Wardlaw-Ramsay, RG, 1886139Common hawk-cuckooHierococcyx varius (Vahl, 1797)140Northern hawk-cuckooHierococcyx hyperythrus (Gould, 1856)141Philippine hawk-cuckooHierococcyx pectoralis Cabanis & Heine, 1863142Malaysian hawk-cuckooHierococcyx fugax (Horsfield, 1821)143Hodgson's hawk-cuckooHierococcyx nisicolor (Blyth, 1843)144Black cuckooCuculus clamosus Latham, 1801145Red-chested cuckooCuculus solitarius Stephens, 1815146Lesser cuckooCuculus poliocephalus Latham, 1790147Sulawesi cuckooCuculus crassirostris (Walden, 1872)148Indian cuckooCuculus micropterus Gould, 1838149Madagascar cuckooCuculus rochii Hartlaub, 1863150African cuckooCuculus gularis Stephens, 1815151Himalayan cuckooCuculus saturatus Blyth, 1843152Oriental cuckooCuculus optatus Gould, 1845153Sunda cuckooCuculus lepidus Müller, S, 1845154Common cuckooCuculus canorus Linnaeus, 1758155St. Helena cuckooNannococcyx psix Olson, 1975 (E)156
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