List of Birds of Bolivia - Cuckoos and Anis

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.

  • Ash-colored Cuckoo Coccyzus cinereus
  • Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
  • Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
  • Pearly-breasted Cuckoo Coccyzus euleri
  • Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus
  • Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
  • Black-bellied Cuckoo Piaya melanogaster
  • Little Cuckoo Piaya minuta
  • Greater Ani Crotophaga major
  • Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
  • Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
  • Guira Cuckoo Guira guira
  • Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
  • Pheasant Cuckoo Dromococcyx phasianellus
  • Pavonine Cuckoo Dromococcyx pavoninus
  • Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo Neomorphus geoffroyi

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