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
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Oriental CuckooCuculus optatus Gould, 1845 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser CuckooCuculus poliocephalus Latham, 1790 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Madagascar CuckooCuculus rochii Hartlaub, 1863 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Himalayan CuckooCuculus saturatus Blyth, 1843 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-chested CuckooCuculus solitarius Stephens, 1815 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rough-crested MalkohaDasylophus superciliosus (Dumont, 1823) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Pheasant CuckooDromococcyx phasianellus (Spix, 1824) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Asian KoelEudynamys scolopaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Greater RoadrunnerGeococcyx californianus (R. Lesson, 1829) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser RoadrunnerGeococcyx velox (Wagner, 1836) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Northern Hawk-cuckooHierococcyx hyperythrus (Gould, 1856) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Hodgson's Hawk-CuckooHierococcyx nisicolor (Blyth, 1843) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Philippine Hawk-CuckooHierococcyx pectoralis Cabanis & Heine, 1863 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Large Hawk-CuckooHierococcyx sparverioides (Vigors, 1832) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Moustached Hawk-CuckooHierococcyx vagans (S. Müller, 1845) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Dwarf KoelMicrodynamis parva (Salvadori, 1876) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Lesser Ground CuckooMorococcyx erythropygus (R. Lesson, 1842) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-vented Ground CuckooNeomorphus geoffroyi (Temminck, 1820) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-billed Ground CuckooNeomorphus pucheranii (Deville, 1851) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Banded Ground CuckooNeomorphus radiolosus P. L. Sclater & Salvin, 1878 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Rufous-winged Ground CuckooNeomorphus rufipennis (G. R. Gray, 1849) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Scaled Ground CuckooNeomorphus squamiger Todd, 1925 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Thick-billed CuckooPachycoccyx audeberti (Schlegel, 1879) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-breasted MalkohaPhaenicophaeus curvirostris (Shaw, 1810) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-bellied MalkohaPhaenicophaeus diardi (R. Lesson, 1830) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Mentawai MalkohaPhaenicophaeus oeneicaudus J. Verreaux & É. Verreaux, 1855 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-faced MalkohaPhaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus (Pennant, 1769) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Chestnut-bellied MalkohaPhaenicophaeus sumatranus (Raffles, 1822) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Green-billed MalkohaPhaenicophaeus tristis (R. Lesson, 1830) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Blue-faced MalkohaPhaenicophaeus viridirostris (Jerdon, 1840) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Common Squirrel-cuckooPiaya cayana (Linnaeus, 1766) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Black-bellied CuckooPiaya melanogaster (Vieillot, 1817) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Raffles's MalkohaRhinortha chlorophaea (Raffles, 1822) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Channel-billed CuckooScythrops novaehollandiae Latham, 1790 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Philippine Drongo-CuckooSurniculus velutinus Sharpe, 1877 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Sirkeer MalkohaTaccocua leschenaultii R. Lesson, 1830 | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Striped CuckooTapera naevia (Linnaeus, 1766) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
| Red-billed MalkohaZanclostomus javanicus (Horsfield, 1821) | CuculidaeChordata | Accepted speciesRecorded extant |
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.