Belongs within: Columbaves.
Contains: Cuculinae, Phaenicophaeinae, Centropus.
The Cuculidae are the cuckoos and related species, a family of mostly insectivorous birds with slender bodies, long wings and tails, and zygodactyl feet. Though cuckoos are widely known as brood parasites, most species outside the subfamily Cuculinae raise their own young. The Neomorphinae, ground cuckoos, are a New World group of mostly terrestrial cuckoos with relatively long, stout legs. Coua is a genus of large cuckoos with brightly coloured bare skin around the eyes found in Madagascar.
Cuculidae [Apopempsidae, Cuculi, Veflintornithidae]
|--+--+--+--‘Phaenicophaeus’ chlorophaeusJT12
| | | `--CuculinaeBKB15
| | `--+--Urodynamis Salvadori 1880CC10
| | | `--*U. taitensis (Sparrman 1787)CC10 (see below for synonymy)
| | `--+--Pachycoccyx audebertiJT12
| | `--+--PhaenicophaeinaeBKB15
| | `--CeuthmocharesJT12
| | |--C. aereusJT12
| | | |--C. a. aereusPB27
| | | `--C. a. intermediusPB27
| | `--C. australisAP21
| `--+--CentropusBKB15
| `--+--Carpococcyx Gray 1840JT12, B94 [Carpococcyginae]
| | |--C. radiceusAP21
| | |--C. renauldiJT12
| | `--C. viridisJT12
| `--Coua Schinz 1821BKB15, B94 [incl. Sericosomus Swainson 1837 non Dejean 1833B94; Couinae, Sericosominae]
| | i. s.: C. delalandei [=Cochlothraustes delalandei]D81
| | C. primaevaVR72
| |--+--C. caeruleaBKB15
| | `--+--C. cristataBKB15
| | `--C. verreauxiJT12
| `--+--C. ruficepsBKB15
| `--+--C. reynaudiiBKB15
| `--+--+--C. coquereliJT12
| | `--C. cursorBKB15
| `--+--C. gigasJT12
| `--C. serrianaBKB15
`--+--Crotophaginae [Crotophagidae]B94
| |--Guira Lesson 1830 [Guirinae]B94
| | |--G. guiraBKB15
| | `--G. piririguaB66
| `--Crotophaga Linnaeus 1758BKB15, B94
| |--C. majorBKB15
| `--+--*C. ani Linnaeus 1758L58, BKB15, L58
| `--C. sulcirostrisBKB15
`--Neomorphinae [Neomorphidae]B94
|--+--DromococcyxJT12
| | |--D. pavoninusJT12
| | `--D. phasianellusJT12
| | |--D. p. phasianellusE52
| | `--D. p. rufigularisE52
| `--Tapera Thunberg 1819BKB15, B94 [incl. Diplopterus Boie 1826B94; Taperinae]
| |--‘Diplopterus’ guiraF43
| `--T. naeviaBKB15
| |--T. n. naeviaE52
| `--T. n. excellensE52
`--+--Morococcyx erythropygusJT12
`--+--Geococcyx Wagler 1831BKB15, B94 [incl. Leptostoma Swainson 1837B94; Geococcyginae, Leptostomatinae]
| |--G. californianusBKB15
| `--G. veloxBKB15
`--Neomorphus Gloger 1827BKB15, S66 [incl. Cultrides Pucheran 1851S66]
| i. s.: N. salvini Sclater 1866S66 [=N. geoffroyi salviniE52]
| N. squamigerJT12
|--+--N. geoffroyiJT12 [=Coccyzus geoffroyiS66, Cultrides geoffroyiS66, Neomorphus geoffroyiiS66]
| `--N. radiolosusJT12
`--+--N. pucheraniiJT12 [=Cultrides pucheraniS66]
`--N. rufipennis (Gray 1849)JT12, S66 [=Cultrides rufipennisS66]
Cuculidae incertae sedis:
Dynamopterus Milne-Edwards 1892M05
`--*D. velox Milne-Edwards 1892M02
RhamphococcyxME04
|--R. calyorhynchusAP21
`--R. erythrognathusS89
Polyphasia tenuirostris (Gray 1833) [=Cuculus tenuirostris]W66
Veflintornis Kašin 1976 [=Apopempsis Brodkorb 1971 non Schenkling 1903]M02
`--*V. meini (Ballmann 1969) [=Musophaga meini, *Apopempsis meini]M02
MisocaliusWS48
|--M. osculans (Gould 1847) [=Chalcites osculans; incl. Owenavis osculans rogersi]WS48
`--M. palliolatusR87
Caliechthrus leucolophusJT12
Nannococcyx psixHSS13
Neococcyx mccorquodalei Weigel 1963M09
Eocuculus cherpinaeM09
Owenavis osculansB45
Rhinortha chlorophaeaAP21
Taccocua leschenaultiiAP21
DasylophusAP21
|--D. cumingiAP21
`--D. superciliosusAP21
*Urodynamis taitensis (Sparrman 1787)CC10 [=Cuculus taitensisCC10, Eudynamis tahitiensisCC10, Eudynamis taitensisCC10, Eudynamis taitiensisCC10, Eudynamys taitensisBKB15, Eudynamys taitiensisCC10, Urodynamys (l. c.) taitensisCC10; incl. Urodynamis taitensis belli Mathews 1918CC10, Eudynamys cuneicauda Peale 1848CC10, Urodynamis taitensis cuneicaudaCC10, Cuculus fasciatus Forster in Lichtenstein 1844CC10, Cu. perlatus Vieillot 1817CC10, Urodynamis taitensis pheletes Wetmore 1917CC10, Cu. tahitius Gmelin 1788CC10, Eudynamis tahitiusCC10]
*Type species of generic name indicated
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