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 12 species which have been recorded in French Guiana.
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus (A)
- Pearly-breasted Cuckoo Coccyzus euleri (A)
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- 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
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Pheasant Cuckoo Dromococcyx phasianellus (A)
- Pavonine Cuckoo Dromococcyx pavoninus (A)
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of French Guiana
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