order

Cuculiformes

Cuculiformes is an order in the class Aves. This database currently files 165 species under it, 13 of them threatened, recorded across 1 countries.

Species filed: 165
Threatened: 13
Countries recorded: 1
With a free photo: 84%
Weight range: 18.6 g – 769 g

What is in Cuculiformes?

2 families filed directly under this order.

Cuculidae
common cuckoo, asian koel, jacobin cuckoo, greater coucal …
165 species
Parvicuculidae
0 species

Best-known members of Cuculiformes

Ranked by popularity score.

Common cuckoo

Cuculus canorus

Cuculidae

Asian koel

Eudynamys scolopaceus

Cuculidae

Jacobin cuckoo

Clamator jacobinus

Cuculidae

Greater coucal

Centropus sinensis

Cuculidae

Great spotted cuckoo

Clamator glandarius

Cuculidae

Greater roadrunner

Geococcyx californianus

Cuculidae

Lesser cuckoo

Cuculus poliocephalus

Cuculidae

Himalayan cuckoo

Cuculus saturatus

Cuculidae

How threatened is Cuculiformes?

145 of 165 species filed here have an IUCN category on record.

IUCN category	Species	Share of assessed
CRCritically Endangered	1	1%
ENEndangered	3	2%
VUVulnerable	9	6%
NTNear Threatened	4	3%
LCLeast Concern	128	88%

Where is Cuculiformes found?

Species on file in this order listed for each country. Checklist listings, which are incomplete for many species; not range maps.

None on record
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species per country · small islands are not drawn at this scale

Australia25

All species in Cuculiformes

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Common name	Scientific name	Family	Status	Weight	Countries
Common cuckoo	Cuculus canorus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	111.4 g	Not recorded
Asian koel	Eudynamys scolopaceus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	194.9 g	Not recorded
Jacobin cuckoo	Clamator jacobinus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	79.4 g	Not recorded
Greater coucal	Centropus sinensis	Cuculidae	Least Concern	280.7 g	Not recorded
Great spotted cuckoo	Clamator glandarius	Cuculidae	Least Concern	143 g	Not recorded
Greater roadrunner	Geococcyx californianus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	376 g	Not recorded
Lesser cuckoo	Cuculus poliocephalus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	46.6 g	Not recorded
Himalayan cuckoo	Cuculus saturatus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	87 g	Not recorded
Asian emerald cuckoo	Chrysococcyx maculatus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	27.4 g	Not recorded
Yellow-billed cuckoo	Coccyzus americanus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	64 g	Not recorded
Indian cuckoo	Cuculus micropterus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	88.8 g	Not recorded
Common hawk-cuckoo	Hierococcyx varius	Cuculidae	Least Concern	103 g	Not recorded
Lesser coucal	Centropus bengalensis	Cuculidae	Least Concern	148.9 g	Not recorded
Senegal coucal	Centropus senegalensis	Cuculidae	Least Concern	169 g	Not recorded
Lesser roadrunner	Geococcyx velox	Cuculidae	Least Concern	179.9 g	Not recorded
Guira cuckoo	Guira guira	Cuculidae	Least Concern	141 g	Not recorded
Plaintive cuckoo	Cacomantis merulinus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	25.3 g	Not recorded
African emerald cuckoo	Chrysococcyx cupreus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	37.7 g	Not recorded
Chestnut-winged cuckoo	Clamator coromandus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	74.6 g	Not recorded
Chestnut-breasted malkoha	Phaenicophaeus curvirostris	Cuculidae	Least Concern	154 g	Not recorded
Large hawk-cuckoo	Hierococcyx sparverioides	Cuculidae	Least Concern	151 g	Not recorded
Sirkeer malkoha	Taccocua leschenaultii	Cuculidae	Least Concern	174.7 g	Not recorded
Long-tailed koel	Urodynamis taitensis	Cuculidae	Least Concern	117 g	1
Diederik cuckoo	Chrysococcyx caprius	Cuculidae	Least Concern	32.8 g	Not recorded
Smooth-billed ani	Crotophaga ani	Cuculidae	Least Concern	110.1 g	Not recorded
African cuckoo	Cuculus gularis	Cuculidae	Least Concern	103 g	Not recorded
Oriental cuckoo	Cuculus optatus	Cuculidae	Not recorded	89.5 g	Not recorded
Green-billed malkoha	Phaenicophaeus tristis	Cuculidae	Least Concern	117 g	Not recorded
Klaas's cuckoo	Chrysococcyx klaas	Cuculidae	Least Concern	27.4 g	Not recorded
Black cuckoo	Cuculus clamosus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	78.8 g	Not recorded
Banded bay cuckoo	Cacomantis sonneratii	Cuculidae	Least Concern	33.8 g	Not recorded
Black coucal	Centropus grillii	Cuculidae	Least Concern	122.9 g	Not recorded
Blue coua	Coua caerulea	Cuculidae	Least Concern	244 g	Not recorded
Delalande's coua	Coua delalandei	Cuculidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Channel-billed cuckoo	Scythrops novaehollandiae	Cuculidae	Least Concern	684 g	1
Red-billed malkoha	Zanclostomus javanicus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	109 g	Not recorded
Black-billed cuckoo	Coccyzus erythropthalmus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	50.9 g	Not recorded
Madagascar cuckoo	Cuculus rochii	Cuculidae	Least Concern	62.7 g	Not recorded
Striped cuckoo	Tapera naevia	Cuculidae	Least Concern	48.4 g	Not recorded
Fan-tailed cuckoo	Cacomantis flabelliformis	Cuculidae	Least Concern	49.8 g	1
Coral-billed ground cuckoo	Carpococcyx renauldi	Cuculidae	Endangered	400 g	Not recorded
Horsfield's bronze cuckoo	Chalcites basalis	Cuculidae	Least Concern	23.1 g	1
Shining bronze cuckoo	Chalcites lucidus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	24.4 g	1
Crested coua	Coua cristata	Cuculidae	Least Concern	147 g	Not recorded
Greater ani	Crotophaga major	Cuculidae	Least Concern	148.2 g	Not recorded
Red-chested cuckoo	Cuculus solitarius	Cuculidae	Least Concern	76.7 g	Not recorded
Yellow-billed malkoha	Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	117 g	Not recorded
Raffles's malkoha	Rhinortha chlorophaea	Cuculidae	Least Concern	51.2 g	Not recorded
Andaman coucal	Centropus andamanensis	Cuculidae	Least Concern	164 g	Not recorded
Black-faced coucal	Centropus melanops	Cuculidae	Least Concern	221.2 g	Not recorded
White-browed coucal	Centropus superciliosus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	148.4 g	Not recorded
Violet cuckoo	Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	22.4 g	Not recorded
Lesser ground cuckoo	Morococcyx erythropygus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	64.5 g	Not recorded
Blue-faced malkoha	Phaenicophaeus viridirostris	Cuculidae	Least Concern	67 g	Not recorded
Chestnut-breasted cuckoo	Cacomantis castaneiventris	Cuculidae	Least Concern	33.2 g	1
White-necked coucal	Centropus ateralbus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	339 g	1
Coppery-tailed coucal	Centropus cupreicaudus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	285.2 g	Not recorded
Pheasant coucal	Centropus phasianinus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	382 g	1
Malagasy coucal	Centropus toulou	Cuculidae	Least Concern	166.3 g	Not recorded
Blue malkoha	Ceuthmochares aereus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	65.8 g	Not recorded
Coquerel's coua	Coua coquereli	Cuculidae	Least Concern	160 g	Not recorded
Giant coua	Coua gigas	Cuculidae	Vulnerable	424 g	Not recorded
Red-capped coua	Coua ruficeps	Cuculidae	Least Concern	180 g	Not recorded
Verreaux's coua	Coua verreauxi	Cuculidae	Least Concern	99 g	Not recorded
Groove-billed ani	Crotophaga sulcirostris	Cuculidae	Least Concern	82 g	Not recorded
Sulawesi cuckoo	Cuculus crassirostris	Cuculidae	Least Concern	88.8 g	Not recorded
Pavonine cuckoo	Dromococcyx pavoninus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	46.4 g	Not recorded
Pheasant cuckoo	Dromococcyx phasianellus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	84.5 g	Not recorded
Red-faced malkoha	Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus	Cuculidae	Vulnerable	91.9 g	Not recorded
Common squirrel cuckoo	Piaya cayana	Cuculidae	Least Concern	102 g	Not recorded
Square-tailed drongo-cuckoo	Surniculus lugubris	Cuculidae	Least Concern	29.7 g	Not recorded
Grey-bellied cuckoo	Cacomantis passerinus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	25.3 g	Not recorded
Bornean ground cuckoo	Carpococcyx radiceus	Cuculidae	Vulnerable	495.7 g	Not recorded
Sumatran ground cuckoo	Carpococcyx viridis	Cuculidae	Endangered	497.5 g	Not recorded
Gabon coucal	Centropus anselli	Cuculidae	Least Concern	210 g	Not recorded
Black-billed coucal	Centropus bernsteini	Cuculidae	Least Concern	162.1 g	1
Bay coucal	Centropus celebensis	Cuculidae	Least Concern	244.4 g	Not recorded
Goliath coucal	Centropus goliath	Cuculidae	Least Concern	499.4 g	Not recorded
Black-throated coucal	Centropus leucogaster	Cuculidae	Least Concern	307.8 g	Not recorded
Sunda coucal	Centropus nigrorufus	Cuculidae	Vulnerable	244.4 g	Not recorded
Short-toed coucal	Centropus rectunguis	Cuculidae	Vulnerable	238 g	Not recorded
Black-hooded coucal	Centropus steerii	Cuculidae	Critically Endangered	198.4 g	Not recorded
Philippine coucal	Centropus viridis	Cuculidae	Least Concern	142 g	Not recorded
Banded ground cuckoo	Neomorphus radiolosus	Cuculidae	Vulnerable	399 g	Not recorded
Sahul brush cuckoo	Cacomantis variolosus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	35.8 g	1
Green-billed coucal	Centropus chlororhynchos	Cuculidae	Vulnerable	244.4 g	Not recorded
Buff-headed coucal	Centropus milo	Cuculidae	Least Concern	769 g	1
Blue-headed coucal	Centropus monachus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	201.3 g	Not recorded
Rufous coucal	Centropus unirufus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	183.8 g	Not recorded
Yellow-throated cuckoo	Chrysococcyx flavigularis	Cuculidae	Least Concern	29.2 g	Not recorded
Dark-billed cuckoo	Coccyzus melacoryphus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	49.7 g	Not recorded
Great lizard cuckoo	Coccyzus merlini	Cuculidae	Least Concern	169.6 g	Not recorded
Mangrove cuckoo	Coccyzus minor	Cuculidae	Least Concern	63.9 g	Not recorded
Jamaican lizard cuckoo	Coccyzus vetula	Cuculidae	Least Concern	96 g	Not recorded
Running coua	Coua cursor	Cuculidae	Least Concern	110 g	Not recorded
Red-breasted coua	Coua serriana	Cuculidae	Least Concern	293 g	Not recorded
Rough-crested malkoha	Dasylophus superciliosus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	123 g	Not recorded
Black-bellied malkoha	Phaenicophaeus diardi	Cuculidae	Near Threatened	62.1 g	Not recorded
Black-bellied cuckoo	Piaya melanogaster	Cuculidae	Least Concern	102.8 g	Not recorded
Biak coucal	Centropus chalybeus	Cuculidae	Near Threatened	244.4 g	1
Ivory-billed coucal	Centropus menbeki	Cuculidae	Least Concern	519 g	1
Violaceous coucal	Centropus violaceus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	500 g	1
Levaillant's cuckoo	Clamator levaillantii	Cuculidae	Least Concern	122 g	Not recorded
Ash-colored cuckoo	Coccycua cinerea	Cuculidae	Least Concern	41 g	Not recorded
Little cuckoo	Coccycua minuta	Cuculidae	Least Concern	39.3 g	Not recorded
Dwarf cuckoo	Coccycua pumila	Cuculidae	Least Concern	37.1 g	Not recorded
Cocos cuckoo	Coccyzus ferrugineus	Cuculidae	Vulnerable	70 g	Not recorded
Hispaniolan lizard cuckoo	Coccyzus longirostris	Cuculidae	Least Concern	100 g	Not recorded
Red-fronted coua	Coua reynaudii	Cuculidae	Least Concern	153 g	Not recorded
Sunda cuckoo	Cuculus lepidus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	87 g	Not recorded
Scale-feathered malkoha	Dasylophus cumingi	Cuculidae	Not recorded	170.5 g	Not recorded
Malayan hawk-cuckoo	Hierococcyx fugax	Cuculidae	Least Concern	79.7 g	Not recorded
Moustached hawk-cuckoo	Hierococcyx vagans	Cuculidae	Near Threatened	57.7 g	Not recorded
Dwarf koel	Microdynamis parva	Cuculidae	Least Concern	47.2 g	1
Rufous-vented ground cuckoo	Neomorphus geoffroyi	Cuculidae	Vulnerable	355 g	Not recorded
Thick-billed cuckoo	Pachycoccyx audeberti	Cuculidae	Least Concern	102.8 g	Not recorded
Chestnut-bellied malkoha	Phaenicophaeus sumatranus	Cuculidae	Near Threatened	91.9 g	Not recorded
Dusky long-tailed cuckoo	Cercococcyx mechowi	Cuculidae	Least Concern	55.6 g	Not recorded
Barred long-tailed cuckoo	Cercococcyx montanus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	58.2 g	Not recorded
Pearly-breasted cuckoo	Coccyzus euleri	Cuculidae	Least Concern	52.3 g	Not recorded
Grey-capped cuckoo	Coccyzus lansbergi	Cuculidae	Least Concern	50.3 g	Not recorded
Chestnut-bellied cuckoo	Coccyzus pluvialis	Cuculidae	Least Concern	163 g	Not recorded
Puerto Rican lizard cuckoo	Coccyzus vieilloti	Cuculidae	Least Concern	81.9 g	Not recorded
Red-billed ground cuckoo	Neomorphus pucheranii	Cuculidae	Least Concern	330 g	Not recorded
Rufous-winged ground cuckoo	Neomorphus rufipennis	Cuculidae	Least Concern	377.7 g	Not recorded
Sunda brush cuckoo	Cacomantis sepulcralis	Cuculidae	Not recorded	33.5 g	Not recorded
Olive long-tailed cuckoo	Cercococcyx olivinus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	65.9 g	Not recorded
Black-billed koel	Eudynamys melanorhynchus	Cuculidae	Not recorded	244.2 g	Not recorded
Pacific koel	Eudynamys orientalis	Cuculidae	Least Concern	194.9 g	1
Bay-breasted cuckoo	Coccyzus rufigularis	Cuculidae	Endangered	128 g	Not recorded
Northern hawk-cuckoo	Hierococcyx hyperythrus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	79.7 g	Not recorded
Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo	Hierococcyx nisicolor	Cuculidae	Least Concern	79.7 g	Not recorded
Scaled ground cuckoo	Neomorphus squamiger	Cuculidae	Not recorded	354.5 g	Not recorded
Philippine drongo-cuckoo	Surniculus velutinus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	35.6 g	Not recorded
Philippine hawk-cuckoo	Hierococcyx pectoralis	Cuculidae	Least Concern	79.7 g	Not recorded
St Helena cuckoo	Nannococcyx psix	Cuculidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Burchell's coucal	Centropus burchellii	Cuculidae	Not recorded	160 g	Not recorded
Green malkoha	Ceuthmochares australis	Cuculidae	Least Concern	65.8 g	Not recorded
Fork-tailed drongo-cuckoo	Surniculus dicruroides	Cuculidae	Least Concern	29.7 g	Not recorded
Bock's hawk-cuckoo	Hierococcyx bocki	Cuculidae	Least Concern	151 g	Not recorded
Moluccan brush cuckoo	Cacomantis aeruginosus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	33.5 g	Not recorded
Mentawai malkoha	Phaenicophaeus oeneicaudus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	154 g	Not recorded
Moluccan drongo-cuckoo	Surniculus musschenbroeki	Cuculidae	Least Concern	29.7 g	Not recorded
Olive-capped coua	Coua olivaceiceps	Cuculidae	Least Concern	180 g	Not recorded
Manus brush cuckoo	Cacomantis blandus	Cuculidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	1
Not recorded	Centropus colossus	Cuculidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Not recorded	Hierococcyx tiganada	Cuculidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Solomons brush cuckoo	Cacomantis addendus	Cuculidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	1
White-crowned koel	Caliechthrus leucolophus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	107.2 g	1
Not recorded	Cuculus csarnotanus	Cuculidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Sulawesi brush cuckoo	Cacomantis virescens	Cuculidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Not recorded	Centropus bairdi	Cuculidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Not recorded	Centropus maximus	Cuculidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Kai coucal	Centropus spilopterus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	244.4 g	Not recorded
Pied bronze cuckoo	Chalcites crassirostris	Cuculidae	Least Concern	18.6 g	Not recorded
Long-billed cuckoo	Chalcites megarhynchus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	31.5 g	1
White-eared bronze cuckoo	Chalcites meyerii	Cuculidae	Least Concern	19.4 g	1
Little bronze cuckoo	Chalcites minutillus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	18.6 g	1
Black-eared cuckoo	Chalcites osculans	Cuculidae	Least Concern	30.9 g	1
Rufous-throated bronze-cuckoo	Chalcites ruficollis	Cuculidae	Least Concern	21 g	1
Not recorded	Cuculus rufulus	Cuculidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Not recorded	Cuculus variegatus	Cuculidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Palid cuckoo	Heteroscenes pallidus	Cuculidae	Least Concern	87.7 g	1
Not recorded	Piaya guarania	Cuculidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Not recorded	Thomasococcyx philohippus	Cuculidae	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded