Cuckoos
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. Many are brood parasites. There are 138 species worldwide and 21 species which occur in India.
- Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx sparverioides
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Hieroccycx varius
- Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo Hierococcyx nisicolor (also called Whistling Hawk-Cuckoo)
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Grey-bellied Cuckoo Cacomantis passerinus
- Asian Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus
- Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
- Asian Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
- Surniculus dicruroides (Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo)
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopaceus
- Blue-faced Malkoha Phaenicophaeus viridirostris
- Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis
- Sirkeer Malkoha Taccocua leschenaultii
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Andaman Coucal Centropus andamanensis
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
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