List of Birds of The Philippines - Cuckoos and Anis

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 25 species which occur in the Philippines.

• Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
• Large Hawk-cuckoo Cuculus sparverioides
• Northern Hawk-cuckoo Cuculus hyperythrus
• Philippine Hawk-Cuckoo Cuculus pectoralis (E)
• Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
• Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
• Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
• Horsfield's Cuckoo Cuculus horsfieldi
• Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii (A)
• Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
• Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
• Little Bronze-cuckoo Chrysococcyx minutillus
• Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
• Asian Drongo-cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
• Philippine Drongo-cuckoo Surniculus velutinus (E)
• Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea
• Chestnut-breasted Malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris
• Red-crested Malkoha Phaenicophaeus superciliosus (E)
• Scale-feathered Malkoha Phaenicophaeus cumingi (E)
• Rufous Coucal Centropus unirufus (E)
• Black-faced Coucal Centropus melanops (E)
• Black-hooded Coucal Centropus steerii (E)
• Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
• Philippine Coucal Centropus viridis (E)
• Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis