Cuckoos and Anis
Order: Cuculiformes. Family: Cuculidae
The family Cuculidae includes cuckoos, roadrunners and anis. These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails and strong legs. Unlike the cuckoo species of the Old World, North American cuckoos are not brood parasites. There are 138 species worldwide and 3 species which occur in Germany.
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius (A)
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus (A)
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