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 17 species which have been recorded in Ecuador.
- Black-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus erythropthalmus
- Yellow-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus americanus
- Pearly-breasted Cuckoo Coccyzus euleri
- Dark-billed Cuckoo Coccyzus melacoryphus
- Gray-capped Cuckoo Coccyzus lansbergi
- Squirrel Cuckoo Piaya cayana
- Black-bellied Cuckoo Piaya melanogaster
- Little Cuckoo Piaya minuta
- Greater Ani Crotophaga major
- Smooth-billed Ani Crotophaga ani
- Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris
- Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia
- Pheasant Cuckoo Dromococcyx phasianellus
- Pavonine Cuckoo Dromococcyx pavoninus
- Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo Neomorphus geoffroyi
- Banded Ground Cuckoo Neomorphus radiolosus
- Red-billed Ground Cuckoo Neomorphus pucheranii
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Ecuador
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