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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

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SpeciesClassificationSource status
Plaintive CuckooCacomantis merulinus (Scopoli, 1786)CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Banded Bay CuckooCacomantis sonneratii (Latham, 1790)CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Sulawesi Brush CuckooCacomantis virescens (Brüggemann, 1876)CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
White-crowned CuckooCaliechthrus leucolophus (S. Müller, 1840)CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Pied CoucalCentropus ateralbus R. Lesson, 1826CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Lesser CoucalCentropus bengalensis (J. F. Gmelin, 1788)CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Black-billed CoucalCentropus bernsteini Schlegel, 1866CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Burchell's CoucalCentropus burchellii Swainson, 1838CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Bay CoucalCentropus celebensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Biak CoucalCentropus chalybeus (Salvadori, 1876)CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Green-billed CoucalCentropus chlororhynchos Blyth, 1849CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Coppery-tailed CoucalCentropus cupreicaudus Reichenow, 1896CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Goliath CoucalCentropus goliath Bonaparte, 1850CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Black-throated CoucalCentropus leucogaster (Leach, 1814)CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Buff-headed CoucalCentropus milo Gould, 1856CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Short-toed CoucalCentropus rectunguis Strickland, 1847CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Kai CoucalCentropus spilopterus G. R. Gray, 1858CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Black-hooded CoucalCentropus steerii Bourns & Worcester, 1894CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Madagascar CoucalCentropus toulou (P. L. S. Müller, 1776)CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Rufous CoucalCentropus unirufus (Cabanis & Heine, 1863)CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dusky Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx mechowi Cabanis, 1882CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Barred Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx montanus Chapin, 1928CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Olive Long-tailed CuckooCercococcyx olivinus Sassi, 1912CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Blue MalkohaCeuthmochares aereus (Vieillot, 1817)CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Green MalkohaCeuthmochares australis Sharpe, 1873CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Horsfield's Bronze CuckooChalcites basalis (Horsfield, 1821)CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Long-billed CuckooChalcites megarhynchus (G. R. Gray, 1858)CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dideric CuckooChrysococcyx caprius (Boddaert, 1783)CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
African Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx cupreus (Shaw, 1792)CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Yellow-throated CuckooChrysococcyx flavigularis Shelley, 1880CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Klaas's CuckooChrysococcyx klaas (Stephens, 1815)CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Asian Emerald CuckooChrysococcyx maculatus (J. F. Gmelin, 1788)CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Violet CuckooChrysococcyx xanthorhynchus (Horsfield, 1821)CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Chestnut-winged CuckooClamator coromandus (Linnaeus, 1766)CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Little CuckooCoccycua minuta (Vieillot, 1817)CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dwarf CuckooCoccycua pumila (Strickland, 1852)CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Yellow-billed CuckooCoccyzus americanus (Linnaeus, 1758)CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmus (A. Wilson, 1811)CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Pearly-breasted CuckooCoccyzus euleri Cabanis, 1873CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cocos CuckooCoccyzus ferrugineus Gould, 1843CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Gray-capped CuckooCoccyzus lansbergi Bonaparte, 1850CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Dark-billed CuckooCoccyzus melacoryphus Vieillot, 1817CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Cuban Lizard-cuckooCoccyzus merlini (d'Orbigny, 1839)CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Mangrove CuckooCoccyzus minor (J. F. Gmelin, 1788)CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Red-fronted CouaCoua reynaudii Pucheran, 1845CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Red-capped CouaCoua ruficeps G. R. Gray, 1846CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Smooth-billed AniCrotophaga ani Linnaeus, 1758CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Groove-billed AniCrotophaga sulcirostris Swainson, 1827CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Sunda CuckooCuculus lepidus S. Müller, 1845CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
Indian CuckooCuculus micropterus Gould, 1838CuculidaeChordataAccepted speciesRecorded extant
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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

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