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. Most of the cuckoo species of the Old World are brood parasites. There are 138 species worldwide and 15 species which occur in Namibia.
- Pied Cuckoo Clamator jacobinus
- Levaillant's Cuckoo Clamator levaillantii
- Great Spotted Cuckoo Clamator glandarius
- Thick-billed Cuckoo Pachycoccyx audeberti
- Red-chested Cuckoo Cuculus solitarius
- Black Cuckoo Cuculus clamosus
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- African Cuckoo Cuculus gularis
- Klaas's Cuckoo Chrysococcyx klaas
- African Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx cupreus
- Dideric Cuckoo Chrysococcyx caprius
- Black Coucal Centropus grillii
- Coppery-tailed Coucal Centropus cupreicaudus
- Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis
- White-browed Coucal Centropus superciliosus
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Namibia
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