Systematics
Family Cuculidae
- Unassigned
- Genus Dynamopterus (fossil: Late Eocene/Early Oligocene of Caylus, Tarn-et-Garonne, France)
- Genus Cursoricoccyx (fossil: Early Miocene of Logan County, USA) – Neomorphinae?
- Cuculidae gen. et sp. indet. (fossil: Early Pliocene of Lee Creek Mine, USA
- Genus Nannococcyx – Saint Helena Cuckoo (extinct)
- Subfamily Cuculinae – Brood-parasitic cuckoos
- Genus Eocuculus (fossil: Late Eocene of Teller County, USA)
- Genus Clamator (4 species)
- Genus Pachycoccyx – Thick-billed Cuckoo
- Genus Cuculus – typical cuckoos (some 15 species)
- Genus Cercococcyx – long-tailed cuckoos (3 species)
- Genus Cacomantis (8 species)
- Genus Chrysococcyx – bronze cuckoos (12 species)
- Genus Rhamphomantis – Long-billed Cuckoo
- Genus Surniculus – drongo-cuckoos (2 species)
- Genus Caliechthrus – White-crowned Koel
- Genus Microdynamis – Dwarf Koel
- Genus Eudynamys – typical koels (2–5 species, one prehistoric)
- Genus Scythrops – Channel-billed Cuckoo
- Subfamily Phaenicophaeinae – Malkohas and couas
- Genus Ceuthmochares– Yellowbill
- Genus Phaenicophaeus – malkohas (12 species)
- Genus Carpococcyx – Asian ground-cuckoos (3 species)
- Genus Coua – couas (9 living species, 1 recently extinct)
- Subfamily Coccyzinae – American cuckoos
- Genus Coccyzus – includes Saurothera and Hyetornis (13 species)
- Genus Coccycua – formerly in Coccyzus and Piaya, includes Micrococcyx (3 species)
- Genus Piaya (2 species)
- Subfamily Neomorphinae – New World ground cuckoos
- Genus Neococcyx (fossil: Early Oligocene of Central North America)
- Genus Tapera – Striped Cuckoo
- Genus Dromococcyx (2 species)
- Genus Morococcyx – Lesser Ground Cuckoo
- Genus Geococcyx – roadrunners (2 species)
- Genus Neomorphus – Neotropical ground-cuckoos (5 species)
- Subfamily Centropodinae – Coucals
- Genus Centropus (some 30 species)
- Subfamily Crotophaginae – Anis
- Genus Crotophaga – true anis (3 species)
- Genus Guira – Guira Cuckoo
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