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. Many Old World cuckoo species are brood parasites. There are 138 species worldwide of which 31 occur in Thailand.
| Common name | Binomial | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Pied Cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | Accidental |
| Chestnut-winged Cuckoo | Clamator coromandus | Summer visitor and on passage |
| Large Hawk-Cuckoo | Cuculus sparverioides | |
| Common Hawk-Cuckoo | Cuculus varius | One record |
| Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo | Cuculus vagans | |
| Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo | Cuculus fugax | |
| Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo | Cuculus nisicolor | |
| Northern Hawk-cuckoo | Cuculus hyperythrus | |
| Indian Cuckoo | Cuculus micropterus | |
| Common Cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | Uncertain status |
| Oriental Cuckoo | Cuculus saturatus | Passage migrant |
| Sunda Cuckoo | Cuculus lepidus | |
| Lesser Cuckoo | Cuculus poliocephalus | Very rare |
| Banded Bay Cuckoo | Cacomantis sonneratii | |
| Plaintive Cuckoo | Cacomantis merulinus | |
| Brush Cuckoo | Cacomantis variolosus | |
| Little Bronze-cuckoo | Chrysococcyx minutillus | |
| Asian Emerald Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx maculatus | Resident and winter visitor |
| Violet Cuckoo | Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus | |
| Asian Drongo-Cuckoo | Surniculus lugubris | |
| Asian Koel | Eudynamys scolopacea | |
| Black-bellied Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus diardi | |
| Chestnut-bellied Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus sumatranus | |
| Green-billed Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus tristis | |
| Raffles's Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus | |
| Red-billed Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus javanicus | |
| Chestnut-breasted Malkoha | Phaenicophaeus curvirostris | |
| Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo | Carpococcyx renauldi | |
| Short-toed Coucal | Centropus rectunguis | Accidental |
| Greater Coucal | Centropus sinensis | |
| Lesser Coucal | Centropus bengalensis |
Read more about this topic: List Of Birds Of Thailand
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)