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.
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Mangrove Cuckoo Coccyzus minor
- Gray-capped Cuckoo Coccyzus lansbergi
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani (A)
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Guira Cuckoo Guira guira
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