THE NATURAL-HISTORY CATALOGUE
A branch of the living world.
110,000 accepted animal species, linked through classification, synonyms, distributions and source literature.
These attributed records come from Catalogue of Life, 2026-09-11. Detail varies; they are not all fully researched, illustrated articles. Browse researched folklore and fiction.
Matches documented source distribution records. Geographic coverage is incomplete.
Family: Cuculidae · Clear filter
88 records · page 1 of 2
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Plaintive CuckooCacomantis merulinus (Scopoli, 1786) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Banded Bay CuckooCacomantis sonneratii (Latham, 1790) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sulawesi Brush CuckooCacomantis virescens (Brüggemann, 1876) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| White-crowned CuckooCaliechthrus leucolophus (S. Müller, 1840) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pied CoucalCentropus ateralbus R. Lesson, 1826 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser CoucalCentropus bengalensis (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-billed CoucalCentropus bernsteini Schlegel, 1866 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Burchell's CoucalCentropus burchellii Swainson, 1838 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Bay CoucalCentropus celebensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Biak CoucalCentropus chalybeus (Salvadori, 1876) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Green-billed CoucalCentropus chlororhynchos Blyth, 1849 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Coppery-tailed CoucalCentropus cupreicaudus Reichenow, 1896 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Goliath CoucalCentropus goliath Bonaparte, 1850 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-throated CoucalCentropus leucogaster (Leach, 1814) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Buff-headed CoucalCentropus milo Gould, 1856 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Short-toed CoucalCentropus rectunguis Strickland, 1847 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Kai CoucalCentropus spilopterus G. R. Gray, 1858 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-hooded CoucalCentropus steerii Bourns & Worcester, 1894 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Madagascar CoucalCentropus toulou (P. L. S. Müller, 1776) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous CoucalCentropus unirufus (Cabanis & Heine, 1863) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dusky Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx mechowi Cabanis, 1882 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Barred Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx montanus Chapin, 1928 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Olive Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx olivinus Sassi, 1912 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue MalkohaCeuthmochares aereus (Vieillot, 1817) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Green MalkohaCeuthmochares australis Sharpe, 1873 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Horsfield's Bronze CuckooChalcites basalis (Horsfield, 1821) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Long-billed CuckooChalcites megarhynchus (G. R. Gray, 1858) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dideric CuckooChrysococcyx caprius (Boddaert, 1783) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| African Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus (Shaw, 1792) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-throated CuckooChrysococcyx flavigularis Shelley, 1880 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas (Stephens, 1815) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Asian Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx maculatus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Violet CuckooChrysococcyx xanthorhynchus (Horsfield, 1821) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-winged CuckooClamator coromandus (Linnaeus, 1766) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Little CuckooCoccycua minuta (Vieillot, 1817) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dwarf CuckooCoccycua pumila (Strickland, 1852) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus (Linnaeus, 1758) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus (A. Wilson, 1811) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pearly-breasted CuckooCoccyzus euleri Cabanis, 1873 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cocos CuckooCoccyzus ferrugineus Gould, 1843 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Gray-capped CuckooCoccyzus lansbergi Bonaparte, 1850 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dark-billed CuckooCoccyzus melacoryphus Vieillot, 1817 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Cuban Lizard-cuckooCoccyzus merlini (d'Orbigny, 1839) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor (J. F. Gmelin, 1788) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-fronted CouaCoua reynaudii Pucheran, 1845 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-capped CouaCoua ruficeps G. R. Gray, 1846 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani Linnaeus, 1758 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris Swainson, 1827 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sunda CuckooCuculus lepidus S. Müller, 1845 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Indian CuckooCuculus micropterus Gould, 1838 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
88 records · page 1 of 2
Source and selection
Bánki, O., Roskov, Y., Döring, M., Ower, G., Hernández Robles, D. R., Plata Corredor, C. A., Stjernegaard Jeppesen, T., Örn, A., Pape, T., Hobern, D., Garnett, S., Little, H., DeWalt, R. E., Miller, J., Orrell, T., Aalbu, R., Abbott, J., Aedo, C., Aescht, E., et al. (2026). Catalogue of Life (Version 2026-09-11). Catalogue of Life Foundation, Amsterdam, Netherlands. https://doi.org/10.48580/dgz5n
First records in source order under phylum quotas, then source-order overflow if a quota is short. This is a selective snapshot. Source name strings can include author names, which are also searchable.