About the family
Browsing by family helps when shape, posture, or behavior is clearer than an exact species name. The Cuckoos group below shares a branch of the tree; open any entry for full identification, range, diet, and conservation detail.
Species
Every Cuckoos species, A–Z.
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Andaman Coucal Centropus andamanensis
- Ash-colored Cuckoo Coccycua cinerea
- Asian Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
- Banded Ground-Cuckoo Neomorphus radiolosus
- Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx montanus
- Bay Coucal Centropus celebensis
- Bay-breasted Cuckoo Coccyzus rufigularis
- Biak Coucal Centropus chalybeus
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Black-bellied Cuckoo Piaya melanogaster
- Black-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus diardi
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Black-billed Koel Eudynamys melanorhynchus
- Black-eared Cuckoo Chalcites osculans
- Black-faced Coucal Centropus melanops
- Black-hooded Coucal Centropus steerii
- Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster
- Blue Coua Coua caerulea
- Blue Malkoha Ceuthmochares aereus
- Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
- Blue-headed Coucal Centropus monachus
- Bornean Ground-Cuckoo Carpococcyx radiceus
- Buff-headed Coucal Centropus milo
- Burchell's Coucal Centropus burchellii
- Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
- Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo Coccyzus pluvialis
- Chestnut-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus sumatranus
- Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo Cacomantis castaneiventris
- Chestnut-breasted Malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Cocos Cuckoo Coccyzus ferrugineus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx varius
- Common Squirrel-Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- Coquerel's Coua Coua coquereli
- Coral-billed Ground-Cuckoo Carpococcyx renauldi
- Crested Coua Coua cristata
- Dark Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx bocki
- Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus
- Dideric Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi
- Dwarf Cuckoo Coccycua pumila
- Dwarf Koel Microdynamis parva
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
- Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus dicruroides
- Gabon Coucal Centropus anselli
- Giant Coua Coua gigas
- Goliath Coucal Centropus goliath
- Gray-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Gray-capped Cuckoo Coccyzus lansbergi
- Great Lizard-Cuckoo Coccyzus merlini
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Greater Ani Crotophaga major
- Greater Black Coucal Centropus menbeki
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus LC
- Greater Roadrunner Geococcyx californianus
- Green Malkoha Ceuthmochares australis
- Green-billed Coucal Centropus chlororhynchos
- Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Guira Cuckoo Guira guira
- Himalayan Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
- Hispaniolan Lizard-Cuckoo Coccyzus longirostris
- Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx nisicolor
- Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites basalis
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Jamaican Lizard-Cuckoo Coccyzus vetula
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Lesser Black Coucal Centropus bernsteini
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Lesser Ground-Cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus
- Lesser Roadrunner Geococcyx velox
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Little Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites minutillus
- Little Cuckoo Coccycua minuta
- Long-billed Cuckoo Chalcites megarhynchus
- Long-tailed Koel Urodynamis taitensis
- Madagascar Cuckoo Cuculus rochii
- Malagasy Coucal Centropus toulou
- Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx fugax
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Manus Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis blandus
- Mentawai Malkoha Phaenicophaeus oeneicaudus
- Mexican Squirrel-Cuckoo Piaya mexicana
- Moluccan Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis aeruginosus
- Moluccan Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus musschenbroeki
- Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx vagans
- Northern Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx hyperythrus
- Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus
- Olive-capped Coua Coua olivaceiceps
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus optatus
- Pacific Koel Eudynamys orientalis
- Pallid Cuckoo Heteroscenes pallidus
- Pavonine Cuckoo Dromococcyx pavoninus
- Pearly-breasted Cuckoo Coccyzus euleri
- Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
- Pheasant Cuckoo Dromococcyx phasianellus
- Philippine Coucal Centropus viridis
- Philippine Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus velutinus
- Philippine Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx pectoralis
- Pied Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites crassirostris
- Pied Coucal Centropus ateralbus
- Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Puerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoo Coccyzus vieilloti
- Raffles's Malkoha Rhinortha chlorophaea
- Red-billed Ground-Cuckoo Neomorphus pucheranii
- Red-billed Malkoha Zanclostomus javanicus
- Red-breasted Coua Coua serriana
- Red-capped Coua Coua ruficeps
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Red-crested Malkoha Dasylophus superciliosus
- Red-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus
- Red-fronted Coua Coua reynaudii
- Rufous Coucal Centropus unirufus
- Rufous-throated Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites ruficollis
- Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo Neomorphus geoffroyi
- Rufous-winged Ground-Cuckoo Neomorphus rufipennis
- Running Coua Coua cursor
- Sahul Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
- Scale-feathered Malkoha Dasylophus cumingi
- Scaled Ground-Cuckoo Neomorphus squamiger
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- Shining Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites lucidus
- Short-toed Coucal Centropus rectunguis
- Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Snail-eating Coua Coua delalandei
- Solomons Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis addendus
- Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
- St. Helena Cuckoo Nannococcyx psix
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Sulawesi Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis virescens
- Sulawesi Cuckoo Cuculus crassirostris
- Sumatran Ground-Cuckoo Carpococcyx viridis
- Sunda Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis sepulcralis
- Sunda Coucal Centropus nigrorufus
- Sunda Cuckoo Cuculus lepidus
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- Verreaux's Coua Coua verreauxi
- Violaceous Coucal Centropus violaceus
- Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
- White-crowned Cuckoo Caliechthrus leucolophus
- White-eared Bronze-Cuckoo Chalcites meyerii
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Yellow-billed Malkoha Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus
- Yellow-throated Cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavigularis