List of cuckoo species

The International Ornithological Congress (IOC) recognizes these 149 species of cuckoos in the family Cuculidae. In addition to the 88 species whose name includes "cuckoo", the family includes anis, roadrunners, coucals, couas, malkohas, and koels. They are distributed among 33 genera, some of which have only one species. One extinct species, the St. Helena cuckoo, is included.[1]

This list is presented according to the IOC taxonomic sequence and can also be sorted alphabetically by common name and binomial.

Common name	Binomial name	IOC sequence
Guira cuckoo	Guira guira	1
Greater ani	Crotophaga major	2
Smooth-billed ani	Crotophaga ani	3
Groove-billed ani	Crotophaga sulcirostris	4
Striped cuckoo	Tapera naevia	5
Pheasant cuckoo	Dromococcyx phasianellus	6
Pavonine cuckoo	Dromococcyx pavoninus	7
Lesser ground cuckoo	Morococcyx erythropygus	8
Greater roadrunner	Geococcyx californianus	9
Lesser roadrunner	Geococcyx velox	10
Rufous-vented ground cuckoo	Neomorphus geoffroyi	11
Scaled ground cuckoo	Neomorphus squamiger	12
Banded ground cuckoo	Neomorphus radiolosus	13
Rufous-winged ground cuckoo	Neomorphus rufipennis	14
Red-billed ground cuckoo	Neomorphus pucheranii	15
Buff-headed coucal	Centropus milo	16
White-necked coucal	Centropus ateralbus	17
Ivory-billed coucal	Centropus menbeki	18
Biak coucal	Centropus chalybeus	19
Rufous coucal	Centropus unirufus	20
Green-billed coucal	Centropus chlororhynchos	21
Black-faced coucal	Centropus melanops	22
Black-hooded coucal	Centropus steerii	23
Short-toed coucal	Centropus rectunguis	24
Bay coucal	Centropus celebensis	25
Gabon coucal	Centropus anselli	26
Black-throated coucal	Centropus leucogaster	27
Senegal coucal	Centropus senegalensis	28
Blue-headed coucal	Centropus monachus	29
Coppery-tailed coucal	Centropus cupreicaudus	30
White-browed coucal	Centropus superciliosus	31
Burchell's coucal	Centropus burchellii	32
Sunda coucal	Centropus nigrorufus	33
Greater coucal	Centropus sinensis	34
Malagasy coucal	Centropus toulou	35
Goliath coucal	Centropus goliath	36
Black coucal	Centropus grillii	37
Philippine coucal	Centropus viridis	38
Lesser coucal	Centropus bengalensis	39
Violaceous coucal	Centropus violaceus	40
Black-billed coucal	Centropus bernsteini	41
Pheasant coucal	Centropus phasianinus	42
Andaman coucal	Centropus andamanensis	43
Bornean ground cuckoo	Carpococcyx radiceus	44
Sumatran ground cuckoo	Carpococcyx viridis	45
Coral-billed ground cuckoo	Carpococcyx renauldi	46
Snail-eating coua	Coua delalandei	47
Crested coua	Coua cristata	48
Verreaux's coua	Coua verreauxi	49
Blue coua	Coua caerulea	50
Red-capped coua	Coua ruficeps	51
Red-fronted coua	Coua reynaudii	52
Coquerel's coua	Coua coquereli	53
Running coua	Coua cursor	54
Giant coua	Coua gigas	55
Red-breasted coua	Coua serriana	56
Raffles's malkoha	Rhinortha chlorophaea	57
Blue malkoha	Ceuthmochares aereus	58
Green malkoha	Ceuthmochares australis	59
Sirkeer malkoha	Taccocua leschenaultii	60
Red-billed malkoha	Zanclostomus javanicus	61
Yellow-billed malkoha	Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus	62
Chestnut-breasted malkoha	Phaenicophaeus curvirostris	63
Red-faced malkoha	Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus	64
Chestnut-bellied malkoha	Phaenicophaeus sumatranus	65
Blue-faced malkoha	Phaenicophaeus viridirostris	66
Black-bellied malkoha	Phaenicophaeus diardi	67
Green-billed malkoha	Phaenicophaeus tristis	68
Rough-crested malkoha	Dasylophus superciliosus	69
Scale-feathered malkoha	Dasylophus cumingi	70
Chestnut-winged cuckoo	Clamator coromandus	71
Great spotted cuckoo	Clamator glandarius	72
Levaillant's cuckoo	Clamator levaillantii	73
Jacobin cuckoo	Clamator jacobinus	74
Little cuckoo	Coccycua minuta	75
Dwarf cuckoo	Coccycua pumila	76
Ash-colored cuckoo	Coccycua cinerea	77
Squirrel cuckoo	Piaya cayana	78
Black-bellied cuckoo	Piaya melanogaster	79
Dark-billed cuckoo	Coccyzus melacoryphus	80
Yellow-billed cuckoo	Coccyzus americanus	81
Pearly-breasted cuckoo	Coccyzus euleri	82
Mangrove cuckoo	Coccyzus minor	83
Cocos cuckoo	Coccyzus ferrugineus	84
Black-billed cuckoo	Coccyzus erythropthalmus	85
Grey-capped cuckoo	Coccyzus lansbergi	86
Chestnut-bellied cuckoo	Coccyzus pluvialis	87
Bay-breasted cuckoo	Coccyzus rufigularis	88
Jamaican lizard cuckoo	Coccyzus vetula	89
Great lizard cuckoo	Coccyzus merlini	90
Puerto Rican lizard cuckoo	Coccyzus vieilloti	91
Hispaniolan lizard cuckoo	Coccyzus longirostris	92
Thick-billed cuckoo	Pachycoccyx audeberti	93
Dwarf koel	Microdynamis parva	94
Asian koel	Eudynamys scolopaceus	95
Black-billed koel	Eudynamys melanorhynchus	96
Pacific koel	Eudynamys orientalis	97
Pacific long-tailed cuckoo	Urodynamis taitensis	98
Channel-billed cuckoo	Scythrops novaehollandiae	99
Asian emerald cuckoo	Chrysococcyx maculatus	100
Violet cuckoo	Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus	101
Diederik cuckoo	Chrysococcyx caprius	102
Klaas's cuckoo	Chrysococcyx klaas	103
Yellow-throated cuckoo	Chrysococcyx flavigularis	104
African emerald cuckoo	Chrysococcyx cupreus	105
long-billed cuckoo	Chrysococcyx megarhynchus	106
Horsfield's bronze cuckoo	Chrysococcyx basalis	107
Black-eared cuckoo	Chrysococcyx osculans	108
Rufous-throated bronze cuckoo	Chrysococcyx ruficollis	109
Shining bronze cuckoo	Chrysococcyx lucidus	110
White-eared bronze cuckoo	Chrysococcyx meyerii	111
Little bronze cuckoo	Chrysococcyx minutillus	112
Pallid cuckoo	Cacomantis pallidus	113
White-crowned cuckoo	Cacomantis leucolophus	114
Chestnut-breasted cuckoo	Cacomantis castaneiventris	115
Fan-tailed cuckoo	Cacomantis flabelliformis	116
Banded bay cuckoo	Cacomantis sonneratii	117
Plaintive cuckoo	Cacomantis merulinus	118
Grey-bellied cuckoo	Cacomantis passerinus	119
Brush cuckoo	Cacomantis variolosus	120
Rusty-breasted cuckoo	Cacomantis sepulcralis	121
Moluccan cuckoo	Cacomantis aeruginosus	122
Dusky long-tailed cuckoo	Cercococcyx mechowi	123
Olive long-tailed cuckoo	Cercococcyx olivinus	124
Barred long-tailed cuckoo	Cercococcyx montanus	125
Philippine drongo-cuckoo	Surniculus velutinus	126
Square-tailed drongo-cuckoo	Surniculus lugubris	127
Fork-tailed drongo-cuckoo	Surniculus dicruroides	128
Moluccan drongo-cuckoo	Surniculus musschenbroeki	129
Moustached hawk-cuckoo	Hierococcyx vagans	130
Large hawk-cuckoo	Hierococcyx sparverioides	131
Dark hawk-cuckoo	Hierococcyx bocki	132
Common hawk-cuckoo	Hierococcyx varius	133
Rufous hawk-cuckoo	Hierococcyx hyperythrus	134
Philippine hawk-cuckoo	Hierococcyx pectoralis	135
Malaysian hawk-cuckoo	Hierococcyx fugax	136
Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo	Hierococcyx nisicolor	137
Black cuckoo	Cuculus clamosus	138
Red-chested cuckoo	Cuculus solitarius	139
Lesser cuckoo	Cuculus poliocephalus	140
Sulawesi cuckoo	Cuculus crassirostris	141
Indian cuckoo	Cuculus micropterus	142
Madagascan cuckoo	Cuculus rochii	143
African cuckoo	Cuculus gularis	144
Himalayan cuckoo	Cuculus saturatus	145
Oriental cuckoo	Cuculus optatus	146
Sunda cuckoo	Cuculus lepidus	147
Common cuckoo	Cuculus canorus	148
St. Helena cuckoo	Nannococcyx psix	149

References

Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (January 2021). "IOC World Bird List (v 11.1)". Retrieved January 14, 2021.

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[IOC11.1-1] Gill, F.; Donsker, D.; Rasmussen, P. (January 2021). "IOC World Bird List (v 11.1)". Retrieved January 14, 2021.