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.
- Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Pheasant Cuckoo Dromococcyx phasianellus
- Lesser Ground-Cuckoo Morococcyx erythropygus
- Lesser Roadrunner Geococcyx velox
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
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