Cuckoos
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 12 species which occur in Madagascar.
| Common Name | Scientific Name | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Thick-billed Cuckoo | Pachycoccyx audeberti | |
| Madagascar Lesser Cuckoo | Cuculus rochii | |
| Giant Coua* | Coua gigas | |
| Coquerel's Coua* | Coua coquereli | |
| Running Coua* | Coua cursor | |
| Red-breasted Coua* | Coua serriana | |
| Red-fronted Coua* | Coua reynaudii | |
| Red-capped Coua* | Coua ruficeps | |
| Crested Coua* | Coua cristata | |
| Verreaux's Coua* | Coua verreauxi | |
| Blue Coua* | Coua caerulea | |
| Madagascar Coucal | Centropus toulou |
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Madagascar
Famous quotes containing the word cuckoos:
“Clandestine steps upon imagined stairs
Climb through the night, because his cuckoos call.”
—Wallace Stevens (1879–1955)
“Hark, hark, with what a pretty throat
Poor robin-redbreast tunes his note;
Hark, how the jolly cuckoos sing
Cuckoo—to welcome in the spring!
Cuckoo—to welcome in the spring!”
—John Lyly (1553–1606)