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