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 Paraguay.
- 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
- Greater Ani Crotophaga major
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Guira Cuckoo Guira guira
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Pheasant Cuckoo Dromococcyx phasianellus
- Pavonine Cuckoo Dromococcyx pavoninus
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Paraguay
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