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 138 species worldwide and 18 species which occur in Sierra Leone.
- Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx mechowi
- Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo Cercococcyx olivinus
- Yellow-throated Cuckoo Chrysococcyx flavigularis
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Dideric Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Yellowbill Ceuthmochares aereus
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Black-throated Coucal Centropus leucogaster
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Sierra Leone
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