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 24 species which occur in Papua New Guinea.
- Oriental Cuckoo Cuculus saturatus
- Horsfield's Cuckoo Cuculus horsfieldi
- Pallid Cuckoo Cuculus pallidus
- Brush Cuckoo Cacomantis variolosus
- Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo Cacomantis castaneiventris
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo Cacomantis flabelliformis
- Black-eared Cuckoo Chrysococcyx osculans
- Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo Chrysococcyx basalis
- Shining Bronze Cuckoo Chrysococcyx lucidus
- Rufous-throated Bronze-cuckoo Chrysococcyx ruficollis
- White-eared Bronze-cuckoo Chrysococcyx meyeri
- Little Bronze-cuckoo Chrysococcyx minutillus
- Long-billed Cuckoo Rhamphomantis megarhynchus
- White-crowned Koel Caliechthrus leucolophus
- Dwarf Koel Microdynamis parva
- Asian Koel Eudynamys scolopacea
- Australian Koel Eudynamys cyanocephala
- Long-tailed Koel Eudynamys taitensis
- Channel-billed Cuckoo Scythrops novaehollandiae
- Violaceous Coucal Centropus violaceus (E)
- Greater Black Coucal Centropus menbeki
- Pied Coucal Centropus ateralbus (E)
- Pheasant Coucal Centropus phasianinus
- Lesser Black Coucal Centropus bernsteini
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Papua New Guinea
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