Cuckoos, Roadrunners, 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. In North Carolina, four species have been recorded.
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus
- Black-billed Cuckoo, Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Smooth-billed Ani, Crotophaga ani (R)
- Groove-billed Ani, Crotophaga sulcirostris (P)
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