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 16 species which occur in Bangladesh.
- Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Chestnut-winged Cuckoo Clamator coromandus
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Cuculus sparverioides
- Common Hawk-Cuckoo Cuculus varius
- Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo Cuculus nisicolor
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Asian Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus
- Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
- Asian Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea
- Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis
- Sirkeer Malkoha Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Bangladesh
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