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 Nepal.
- 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
- Common Cuckoo Cuculus canorus
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
- Horsfield's Cuckoo Cuculus horsfieldi
- Lesser Cuckoo Cuculus poliocephalus
- Banded Bay Cuckoo Cacomantis sonneratii
- Plaintive Cuckoo Cacomantis merulinus
- Asian Emerald Cuckoo Chrysococcyx maculatus
- Asian Drongo-Cuckoo Surniculus lugubris
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea
- Green-billed Malkoha Phaenicophaeus tristis
- Sirkeer Malkoha Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii
- Greater Coucal Centropus sinensis
- Madagascar Coucal Centropus toulou
- Lesser Coucal Centropus bengalensis
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Nepal
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