List of cuckoos

The International Ornithological Committee recognizes these 156 species of cuckoos in the family Cuculidae. In addition to the 91 species whose name includes "cuckoo", the family includes anis, roadrunners, coucals, couas, malkohas, and koels. They are distributed among 35 genera, some of which have only one species. Two extinct species, the snail-eating coua and the St. Helena cuckoo, are included.
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 + authority	IOC sequence
Guira cuckoo	Guira guira	1
Greater ani	Crotophaga major Gmelin, JF, 1788	2
Smooth-billed ani	Crotophaga ani Linnaeus, 1758	3
Groove-billed ani	Crotophaga sulcirostris Swainson, 1827	4
Striped cuckoo	Tapera naevia	5
Pheasant cuckoo	Dromococcyx phasianellus	6
Pavonine cuckoo	Dromococcyx pavoninus Pelzeln, 1870	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 Todd, 1925	12
Banded ground cuckoo	Neomorphus radiolosus Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1878	13
Rufous-winged ground cuckoo	Neomorphus rufipennis	14
Red-billed ground cuckoo	Neomorphus pucheranii	15
Buff-headed coucal	Centropus milo Gould, 1856	16
White-necked coucal	Centropus ateralbus Lesson, RP, 1826	17
Ivory-billed coucal	Centropus menbeki Lesson, RP & Garnot, 1828	18
Biak coucal	Centropus chalybeus	19
Rufous coucal	Centropus unirufus	20
Green-billed coucal	Centropus chlororhynchos Blyth, 1849	21
Black-faced coucal	Centropus melanops Lesson, RP, 1830	22
Black-hooded coucal	Centropus steerii Bourns & Worcester, 1894	23
Short-toed coucal	Centropus rectunguis Strickland, 1847	24
Bay coucal	Centropus celebensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832	25
Gabon coucal	Centropus anselli Sharpe, 1874	26
Black-throated coucal	Centropus leucogaster	27
Senegal coucal	Centropus senegalensis	28
Blue-headed coucal	Centropus monachus Rüppell, 1837	29
Coppery-tailed coucal	Centropus cupreicaudus Reichenow, 1896	30
White-browed coucal	Centropus superciliosus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1829	31
Burchell's coucal	Centropus burchellii Swainson, 1838	32
Sunda coucal	Centropus nigrorufus	33
Greater coucal	Centropus sinensis	34
Malagasy coucal	Centropus toulou	35
Goliath coucal	Centropus goliath Bonaparte, 1850	36
Black coucal	Centropus grillii Hartlaub, 1861	37
Philippine coucal	Centropus viridis	38
Lesser coucal	Centropus bengalensis	39
Violaceous coucal	Centropus violaceus Quoy & Gaimard, 1832	40
Black-billed coucal	Centropus bernsteini Schlegel, 1866	41
Kai coucal	Centropus spilopterus Gray, GR, 1858	42
Pheasant coucal	Centropus phasianinus	43
Andaman coucal	Centropus andamanensis Beavan, 1867	44
Bornean ground cuckoo	Carpococcyx radiceus	45
Sumatran ground cuckoo	Carpococcyx viridis Salvadori, 1879	46
Coral-billed ground cuckoo	Carpococcyx renauldi Oustalet, 1896	47
Snail-eating coua	Coua delalandei	48
Crested coua	Coua cristata	49
Verreaux's coua	Coua verreauxi Grandidier, A, 1867	50
Blue coua	Coua caerulea	51
Red-capped coua	Coua ruficeps Gray, GR, 1846	52
Olive-capped coua	Coua olivceiceps Sharpe, 1873	53
Red-fronted coua	Coua reynaudii Pucheran, 1845	54
Coquerel's coua	Coua coquereli Grandidier, A, 1867	55
Running coua	Coua cursor Grandidier, A, 1867	56
Giant coua	Coua gigas	57
Red-breasted coua	Coua serriana Pucheran, 1845	58
Raffles's malkoha	Rhinortha chlorophaea	59
Blue malkoha	Ceuthmochares aereus	60
Green malkoha	Ceuthmochares australis Sharpe, 1873	61
Sirkeer malkoha	Taccocua leschenaultii Lesson, RP, 1830	62
Red-billed malkoha	Zanclostomus javanicus	63
Yellow-billed malkoha	Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus	64
Chestnut-breasted malkoha	Phaenicophaeus curvirostris	65
Mentawai malkoha	Phaenicophaeus oeneicaudus	66
Red-faced malkoha	Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus	67
Chestnut-bellied malkoha	Phaenicophaeus sumatranus	68
Blue-faced malkoha	Phaenicophaeus viridirostris	69
Black-bellied malkoha	Phaenicophaeus diardi	70
Green-billed malkoha	Phaenicophaeus tristis	71
Rough-crested malkoha	Dasylophus superciliosus	72
Scale-feathered malkoha	Dasylophus cumingi	73
Chestnut-winged cuckoo	Clamator coromandus	74
Great spotted cuckoo	Clamator glandarius	75
Levaillant's cuckoo	Clamator levaillantii	76
Jacobin cuckoo	Clamator jacobinus	77
Little cuckoo	Coccycua minuta	78
Dwarf cuckoo	Coccycua pumila	79
Ash-colored cuckoo	Coccycua cinerea	80
Squirrel cuckoo	Piaya cayana	81
Black-bellied cuckoo	Piaya melanogaster	82
Dark-billed cuckoo	Coccyzus melacoryphus Vieillot, 1817	83
Yellow-billed cuckoo	Coccyzus americanus	84
Pearly-breasted cuckoo	Coccyzus euleri Cabanis, 1873	85
Mangrove cuckoo	Coccyzus minor	86
Cocos cuckoo	Coccyzus ferrugineus Gould, 1843	87
Black-billed cuckoo	Coccyzus erythropthalmus	88
Grey-capped cuckoo	Coccyzus lansbergi Bonaparte, 1850	89
Chestnut-bellied cuckoo	Coccyzus pluvialis	90
Bay-breasted cuckoo	Coccyzus rufigularis Hartlaub, 1852	91
Jamaican lizard cuckoo	Coccyzus vetula	92
Great lizard cuckoo	Coccyzus merlini	93
Puerto Rican lizard cuckoo	Coccyzus vieilloti	94
Hispaniolan lizard cuckoo	Coccyzus longirostris	95
Thick-billed cuckoo	Pachycoccyx audeberti	96
Dwarf koel	Microdynamis parva	97
Asian koel	Eudynamys scolopaceus	98
Black-billed koel	Eudynamys melanorhynchus Müller, S, 1843	99
Pacific koel	Eudynamys orientalis	100
Long-tailed koel	Urodynamis taitensis	101
Channel-billed cuckoo	Scythrops novaehollandiae Latham, 1790	102
Asian emerald cuckoo	Chrysococcyx maculatus	103
Violet cuckoo	Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus	104
Diederik cuckoo	Chrysococcyx caprius	105
Klaas's cuckoo	Chrysococcyx klaas	106
Yellow-throated cuckoo	Chrysococcyx flavigularis Shelley, 1880	107
African emerald cuckoo	Chrysococcyx cupreus	108
Long-billed cuckoo	Chalcites megarhynchus	109
Horsfield's bronze cuckoo	Chalcites basalis	110
Black-eared cuckoo	Chalcites osculans	111
Rufous-throated bronze cuckoo	Chalcites ruficollis	112
Shining bronze cuckoo	Chalcites lucidus	113
White-eared bronze cuckoo	Chalcites meyerii Salvadori, 1874	114
Little bronze cuckoo	Chalcites minutillus Gould, 1859	115
Pied bronze cuckoo	Chalcites crassirostris Salvadori, 1878	116
Pallid cuckoo	Heteroscenes pallidus	117
White-crowned cuckoo	Caliechthrus leucolophus	118
Chestnut-breasted cuckoo	Cacomantis castaneiventris	119
Fan-tailed cuckoo	Cacomantis flabelliformis	120
Banded bay cuckoo	Cacomantis sonneratii	121
Plaintive cuckoo	Cacomantis merulinus	122
Grey-bellied cuckoo	Cacomantis passerinus	123
Sunda brush cuckoo	Cacomantis sepulcralis	124
Sulawesi brush cuckoo	Cacomantis virescens	125
Sahul brush cuckoo	Cacomantis variolosus	126
Manus brush cuckoo	Cacomantis blandus	127
Solomons brush cuckoo	Cacomantis addendus	128
Moluccan brush cuckoo	Cacomantis aeruginosus Salvadori, 1878	129
Dusky long-tailed cuckoo	Cercococcyx mechowi Cabanis, 1882	130
Olive long-tailed cuckoo	Cercococcyx olivinus Sassi, 1912	131
Barred long-tailed cuckoo	Cercococcyx montanus Chapin, 1928	132
Philippine drongo-cuckoo	Surniculus velutinus Sharpe, 1877	133
Square-tailed drongo-cuckoo	Surniculus lugubris	134
Fork-tailed drongo-cuckoo	Surniculus dicruroides	135
Moluccan drongo-cuckoo	Surniculus musschenbroeki Meyer, AB, 1878	136
Moustached hawk-cuckoo	Hierococcyx vagans	137
Large hawk-cuckoo	Hierococcyx sparverioides	138
Dark hawk-cuckoo	Hierococcyx bocki Wardlaw-Ramsay, RG, 1886	139
Common hawk-cuckoo	Hierococcyx varius	140
Northern hawk-cuckoo	Hierococcyx hyperythrus	141
Philippine hawk-cuckoo	Hierococcyx pectoralis Cabanis & Heine, 1863	142
Malaysian hawk-cuckoo	Hierococcyx fugax	143
Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo	Hierococcyx nisicolor	144
Black cuckoo	Cuculus clamosus Latham, 1801	145
Red-chested cuckoo	Cuculus solitarius Stephens, 1815	146
Lesser cuckoo	Cuculus poliocephalus Latham, 1790	147
Sulawesi cuckoo	Cuculus crassirostris	148
Indian cuckoo	Cuculus micropterus Gould, 1838	149
Madagascar cuckoo	Cuculus rochii Hartlaub, 1863	150
African cuckoo	Cuculus gularis Stephens, 1815	151
Himalayan cuckoo	Cuculus saturatus Blyth, 1843	152
Oriental cuckoo	Cuculus optatus Gould, 1845	153
Sunda cuckoo	Cuculus lepidus Müller, S, 1845	154
Common cuckoo	Cuculus canorus Linnaeus, 1758	155
St. Helena cuckoo	Nannococcyx psix Olson, 1975	156