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 North America, Old World cuckoos are brood parasites. There are 138 species worldwide and 7 species which occur in South Korea.
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus (A)
- Northern Hawk-Cuckoo Cuculus hyperythrus
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Horsfield's Cuckoo Cuculus horsfieldi
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea (A)
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of South Korea
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