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.
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Pheasant Cuckoo Dromococcyx phasianellus
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