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 20 species which occur in Brunei.
- Large Hawk-Cuckoo Cuculus sparverioides
- Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo Cuculus vagans
- Indian Cuckoo Cuculus micropterus
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
- Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
- Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis
- Little Bronze Cuckoo Chrysococcyx minutillus
- Violet Cuckoo Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea
- Black-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus diardi
- Chestnut-bellied Malkoha Phaenicophaeus sumatranus
- Raffles's Malkoha Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus
- Red-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus javanicus
- Chestnut-breasted Malkoha Phaenicophaeus curvirostris
- Bornean Ground-Cuckoo Carpococcyx radiatus
- Short-toed Coucal Centropus rectunguis
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Brunei
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