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ORDER OPISTHOCOMIFORMES
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Hoatzin (1)
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Family Opisthocomidae
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| Hoatzin |
Opisthocomus hoazin (Statius Müller, 1776) |
SA : Amazonia |
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ORDER MUSOPHAGIFORMES
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Turacos (23)
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Family Musophagidae
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| Great Blue Turaco |
Corythaeola cristata (Vieillot, 1816) |
AF : c, w |
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| Guinea Turaco |
Tauraco persa (Linnaeus, 1758) |
AF : wc, w |
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T. p. buffoni (Vieillot, 1819) |
Senegal and Gambia to Liberia |
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T. p. persa (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Ivory Coast to Cameroon |
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T. p. zenkeri Reichenow, 1896 |
s Cameroon to n Angola and nw DR Congo |
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| Livingstone's Turaco |
Tauraco livingstonii Gray, GR, 1864 |
AF : se |
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T. l. reichenowi (Fischer, GA, 1880) |
highlands of Tanzania |
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T. l. cabanisi (Reichenow, 1883) |
coastal Tanzania to Mozambique and e South Africa |
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T. l. livingstonii Gray, GR, 1864 |
Malawi to n Mozambique and e Zimbabwe |
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| Schalow's Turaco |
Tauraco schalowi (Reichenow, 1891) |
AF : sc |
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| Knysna Turaco |
Tauraco corythaix (Wagler, 1827) |
AF : se |
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T. c. phoebus Neumann, 1907 |
nw Swaziland and Transvaal Province of South Africa |
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T. c. corythaix (Wagler, 1827) |
se South Africa |
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| Black-billed Turaco |
Tauraco schuettii (Cabanis, 1879) |
AF : c |
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T. s. emini Reichenow, 1893 |
e DR Congo to se Sudan, w Kenya and Uganda |
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T. s. schuettii (Cabanis, 1879) |
w and n DR Congo to n Angola |
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| Fischer's Turaco |
Tauraco fischeri (Reichenow, 1878) |
AF : e |
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T. f. fischeri (Reichenow, 1878) |
s Somalia to ne Tanzania |
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T. f. zanzibaricus Pakenham, 1938 |
Zanzibar (off Tanzania) |
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| Yellow-billed Turaco |
Tauraco macrorhynchus (Fraser, 1839) |
AF : wc, w |
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T. m. macrorhynchus (Fraser, 1839) |
Sierra Leone to Ghana |
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T. m. verreauxii (Schlegel, 1854) |
Nigeria to DR Congo and n Angola, Bioko I. |
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| White-crested Turaco |
Tauraco leucolophus (Heuglin, 1855) |
AF : c |
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| Bannerman's Turaco |
Tauraco bannermani (Bates, 1923) |
AF : nw Cameroon |
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| Red-crested Turaco |
Tauraco erythrolophus (Vieillot, 1819) |
AF : Angola |
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| Hartlaub's Turaco |
Tauraco hartlaubi (Fischer, GA & Reichenow, 1884) |
AF : e |
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| White-cheeked Turaco |
Tauraco leucotis (Rüppell, 1835) |
AF : ne |
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T. l. leucotis (Rüppell, 1835) |
se Sudan. Eritrea, w Ethiopia |
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T. l. donaldsoni Sharpe, 1895 |
c Ethiopia highlands |
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| Ruspoli's Turaco |
Tauraco ruspolii Salvadori, 1896 |
AF : s Ethiopia |
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| Purple-crested Turaco |
Tauraco porphyreolophus (Vigors, 1831) |
AF : se |
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T. p. chlorochlamys (Shelley, 1881) |
se Kenya to n Mozambigue and Malawi |
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T. p. porphyreolophus (Vigors, 1831) |
Zimbabwe and Mozambique to ne South Africa |
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| Ruwenzori Turaco |
Ruwenzorornis johnstoni (Sharpe, 1901) |
AF : c |
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R. j. johnstoni (Sharpe, 1901) |
ne DR Congo, w Uganda |
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R. j. kivuensis Neumann, 1908 |
e DR Congo, Rwanda, Burundi and sw Uganda |
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R. j. bredoi Verheyen, 1947 |
Mt. Kabobo (e DR Congo) |
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| Violet Turaco |
Musophaga violacea Isert, 1788 |
AF : c, w |
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| Ross's Turaco |
Musophaga rossae Gould, 1852 |
AF : c, sc |
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| Grey Go-away-bird |
Corythaixoides concolor (Smith, A, 1833) |
AF : s |
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C. c. molybdophanes Clancey, 1964 |
ne Angola to s Tanzania, n Malawi and n Mozambique |
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C. c. pallidiceps Neumann, 1899 |
w Angola to c Namibia |
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C. c. bechuanae Roberts, 1932 |
s Angola and ne Namibia to Zimbabwe and n South Africa |
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C. c. concolor (Smith, A, 1833) |
s Malawi and c Mozambique to e South Africa |
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| Bare-faced Go-away-bird |
Corythaixoides personatus (Rüppell, 1842) |
AF : e |
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C. p. personatus (Rüppell, 1842) |
Ethiopian Rift Valley |
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C. p. leopoldi (Shelley, 1881) |
s Uganda, sw Kenya and Tanzania to Malawi and Zambia |
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| White-bellied Go-away-bird |
Corythaixoides leucogaster (Rüppell, 1842) |
AF : e |
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| Western Plantain-eater |
Crinifer piscator (Boddaert, 1783) |
AF : w, c |
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| Eastern Plantain-eater |
Crinifer zonurus (Rüppell, 1835) |
AF : ne, ec |
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ORDER CUCULIFORMES
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Cuckoos (149)
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Family Cuculidae
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| Guira Cuckoo |
Guira guira (Gmelin, JF, 1788) |
SA : e, se |
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| Greater Ani |
Crotophaga major Gmelin, JF, 1788 |
LA : e Panama to n Argentina |
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| Smooth-billed Ani |
Crotophaga ani Linnaeus, 1758 |
NA, LA : s Florida to n Argentina |
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| Groove-billed Ani |
Crotophaga sulcirostris Swainson, 1827 |
LA : Mexico to Guyana and nw Argentina |
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C. s. sulcirostris Swainson, 1827 |
Mexico to Guyana and nw Argentina |
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C. s. pallidula † Bangs & Penard, TE, 1921 |
s Baja California |
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| Striped Cuckoo |
Tapera naevia (Linnaeus, 1766) |
LA : s Mexico to n Argentina |
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T. n. excellens (Sclater, PL, 1858) |
s Mexico to Panama |
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T. n. naevia (Linnaeus, 1766) |
n South America through Brazil and Bolivia to n Argentina |
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| Pheasant Cuckoo |
Dromococcyx phasianellus (von Spix, 1824) |
LA : s Mexico to n Argentina |
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| Pavonine Cuckoo |
Dromococcyx pavoninus Pelzeln, 1870 |
SA : Guyana to n Argentina |
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| Lesser Ground Cuckoo |
Morococcyx erythropygus (Lesson, 1842) |
MA : w Mexico to nw Costa Rica |
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M. e. mexicanus Ridgway, 1915 |
sw and s Mexico |
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M. e. erythropygus (Lesson, 1842) |
s Mexico to nw Costa Rica |
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| Greater Roadrunner |
Geococcyx californianus (Lesson, 1829) |
NA, MA : sw USA, Mexico |
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| Lesser Roadrunner |
Geococcyx velox (Wagner, 1836) |
MA : w Mexico to Nicaragua |
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| Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo |
Neomorphus geoffroyi (Temminck, 1820) |
LA : Nicaragua to Colombia, s Brazil |
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N. g. salvini Sclater, PL, 1866 |
Nicaragua to w Colombia |
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N. g. aequatorialis Chapman, 1923 |
se Colombia to n Peru |
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N. g. australis Carriker, 1935 |
s Peru, nw Bolivia |
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N. g. geoffroyi (Temminck, 1820) |
Para (nc Brazil s of the Amazon) |
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N. g. maximiliani Pinto, 1962 |
Bahia (e Brazil) |
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N. g. dulcis Snethlage, E, 1927 |
se Brazil |
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| Scaled Ground Cuckoo |
Neomorphus squamiger Todd, 1925 |
SA : Brazil, s Amazon |
PL : Neomorphus squamiger is probably a subspecies of N. geoffroyi (Payne 2005); SACC needs proposal to lump |
| Banded Ground Cuckoo |
Neomorphus radiolosus Sclater, PL & Salvin, 1878 |
SA : sw Colombia, nw Ecuador |
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| Rufous-winged Ground Cuckoo |
Neomorphus rufipennis (Gray, GR, 1849) |
SA : ne |
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| Red-billed Ground Cuckoo |
Neomorphus pucheranii (Deville, 1851) |
SA : w Amazonia |
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N. p. pucheranii (Deville, 1851) |
ne Peru and w Brazil n of the Amazon |
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N. p. lepidophanes Todd, 1925 |
e Peru and w Brazil s of the Amazon |
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| Buff-headed Coucal |
Centropus milo Gould, 1856 |
AU : Solomon Islands |
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C. m. albidiventris Rothschild, 1904 |
c Solomon Is. |
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C. m. milo Gould, 1856 |
Guadalcanal and Florida Is. (s Solomon Is.) |
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| White-necked Coucal |
Centropus ateralbus Lesson, 1826 |
AU : Bismarck Archipelago |
ENG : Change English name of Centropus ateralbus to White-necked Coucal (Gregory 2009) |
| Ivory-billed Coucal |
Centropus menbeki Lesson & Garnot, 1828 |
AU : New Guinea |
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C. m. menbeki Lesson & Garnot, 1828 |
w Papuan islands, Yapen and Numfor Is., New Guinea |
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C. m. aruensis (Salvadori, 1878) |
Aru Is. |
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| Biak Coucal |
Centropus chalybeus (Salvadori, 1876) |
AU : Biak Island |
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| Rufous Coucal |
Centropus unirufus (Cabanis & Heine, 1863) |
OR : Philippines |
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| Green-billed Coucal |
Centropus chlororhynchos Blyth, 1849 |
OR : Sri Lanka |
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| Black-faced Coucal |
Centropus melanops Lesson, 1830 |
OR : Philippines |
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| Black-hooded Coucal |
Centropus steerii Bourns & Worcester, 1894 |
OR : Philippines |
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| Short-toed Coucal |
Centropus rectunguis Strickland, 1847 |
OR : Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo |
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| Bay Coucal |
Centropus celebensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 |
AU : Sulawesi |
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C. c. celebensis Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 |
n Sulawesi, Togian Is. |
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C. c. rufescens (Meyer, AB & Wiglesworth, 1896) |
c, s, and e Sulawesi, islands off se coast |
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| Gabon Coucal |
Centropus anselli Sharpe, 1874 |
AF : wc |
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| Black-throated Coucal |
Centropus leucogaster (Leach, 1814) |
AF : w, c |
TAX : Neumann‘s Coucal Centropus neumanni is conspecific with Black-throated Coucal C. leucogaster (Payne 2005) |
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C. l. leucogaster (Leach, 1814) |
s Senegal and Guinea-Bissau to se Nigeria |
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C. l. efulenensis Sharpe, 1904 |
sw Cameroon and Gabon |
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C. l. neumanni Alexander, 1908 |
ne DR Congo |
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| Senegal Coucal |
Centropus senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) |
AF : widespread |
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C. s. aegyptius (Gmelin, JF, 1788) |
s Egypt |
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C. s. senegalensis (Linnaeus, 1766) |
Senegal and Gambia to Eritrea, south to nw Angola, sc DR Congo and Uganda |
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C. s. flecki Reichenow, 1893 |
e Angola to ne Namibia and sw Tanzania, south to Malawi and Zimbabwe |
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| Blue-headed Coucal |
Centropus monachus Rüppell, 1837 |
AF : ne, c, w |
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C. m. occidentalis Neumann, 1908 |
Gabon |
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C. m. fischeri Reichenow, 1887 |
Ivory Coast to s Sudan, w Kenya and n Angola |
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C. m. monachus Rüppell, 1837 |
Ethiopia to c Kenya |
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| Coppery-tailed Coucal |
Centropus cupreicaudus Reichenow, 1896 |
AF : sc |
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| White-browed Coucal |
Centropus superciliosus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1829 |
AF : e, sc, also sw Arabian Peninsula |
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C. s. sokotrae Grant, 1915 |
sw Arabia, Socotra I. |
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C. s. superciliosus Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1829 |
e Sudan to w Somalia, n, c and e Kenya, ne Uganda and ne Tanzania |
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C. s. loandae Grant, 1915 |
Uganda and sw Kenya to n Zimbabwe, Botswana and Angola |
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| Burchell's Coucal |
Centropus burchellii Swainson, 1838 |
AF : se, s |
AS : Reinstate Burchell‘s Coucal to align v2.7 with Roberts VII, cf Payne 2005 |
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C. b. fasciipygialis Reichenow, 1898 |
e Tanzania to E Zimbabwe and Mozambique |
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C. b. burchellii Swainson, 1838 |
e Botswana to s Zimbabwe, Mozambique and South Africa |
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| Sunda Coucal |
Centropus nigrorufus (Cuvier, 1816) |
OR : Java |
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| Greater Coucal |
Centropus sinensis (Stephens, 1815) |
OR : widespread |
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C. s. sinensis (Stephens, 1815) |
Pakistan through n India to se China |
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C. s. parroti Stresemann, 1913 |
c and s India, Sri Lanka |
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C. s. intermedius (Hume, 1873) |
Bangladesh and Burma to s Thailand, Indochina and Malay Pen. |
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C. s. bubutus Horsfield, 1821 |
Greater Sundas to sw Philippines |
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C. s. anonymus Stresemann, 1913 |
s Philippines |
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C. s. kangeangensis Vorderman, 1893 |
Kangean Is. (Java Sea) |
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| Malagasy Coucal |
Centropus toulou (Statius Müller, 1776) |
AF : Madagascar region |
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C. t. toulou (Statius Müller, 1776) |
Madagascar |
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C. t. insularis Ridgway, 1894 |
Aldabra I. |
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C. t. assumptionis † Nicoll, 1906 |
Assumption I. (Seychelles) |
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| Goliath Coucal |
Centropus goliath Bonaparte, 1850 |
AU : n Moluccas |
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| Black Coucal |
Centropus grillii Hartlaub, 1861 |
AF : widespread |
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| Philippine Coucal |
Centropus viridis (Scopoli, 1786) |
OR : Philippines |
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C. v. major Parkes & Niles, 1988 |
Babuyanes Is. (n Philippines) |
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C. v. viridis (Scopoli, 1786) |
widespread |
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C. v. mindorensis (Steere, 1890) |
Mindoro and Semirara Is. (nc Phgilippines) |
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C. v. carpenteri Mearns, 1907 |
Batanes Is. (n Philippines) |
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| Lesser Coucal |
Centropus bengalensis (Gmelin, JF, 1788) |
OR : widespread |
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C. b. bengalensis (Gmelin, JF, 1788) |
India and Nepal to Burma, Thailand and Indochina |
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C. b. lignator Swinhoe, 1861 |
s and se China, Hainan, Taiwan |
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C. b. javanensis Dumont, 1818 |
Malay Pen. to Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the Palawan and Sulu Is. (Philippines) |
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C. b. philippinensis Mees, 1971 |
Philippines ( except Palawan and Sulu Is.) |
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C. b. sarasinorum Stresemann, 1912 |
Sulawsi and Lesser Sundas |
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C. b. medius Bonaparte, 1850 |
Moluccas |
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| Violaceous Coucal |
Centropus violaceus Quoy & Gaimard, 1830 |
AU : Bismarck Archipelago |
ENG : Change English name of Centropus violaceus to Violaceous Coucal (Gregory 2009) |
| Black-billed Coucal |
Centropus bernsteini Schlegel, 1866 |
AU : New Guinea |
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| Pheasant Coucal |
Centropus phasianinus (Latham, 1802) |
AU : Lesser Sundas, New Guinea, Australia |
TAX : Kai Coucal Centropus spilopterus is conspecific with Pheasant Coucal C. phasianinus (Payne 2005, Collar 2007) |
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C. p. spilopterus Gray, GR, 1858 |
Kai Is. (se Moluccas) |
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C. p. mui Mason & McKean, 1984 |
Timor (e Lesser Sundas) |
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C. p. propinquus Mayr, 1937 |
n New Guinea |
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C. p. nigricans (Salvadori, 1876) |
se New Guinea and nearby islands |
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C. p. thierfelderi Stresemann, 1927 |
s New Guinea and islands in the Torres Strait |
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C. p. melanurus Gould, 1847 |
n and nw Australia |
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C. p. phasianinus (Latham, 1802) |
e Australia |
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| Andaman Coucal |
Centropus andamanensis Beavan, 1867 |
OR : Andaman Islands |
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| Bornean Ground Cuckoo |
Carpococcyx radiceus (Temminck, 1832) |
OR : Borneo |
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| Sumatran Ground Cuckoo |
Carpococcyx viridis Salvadori, 1879 |
OR : Sumatra |
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| Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo |
Carpococcyx renauldi Oustalet, 1896 |
OR : Southeast Asia |
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| Snail-eating Coua |
Coua delalandei † (Temminck, 1827) |
AF : Madagascar |
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| Crested Coua |
Coua cristata (Linnaeus, 1766) |
AF : Madagascar |
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C. c. cristata (Linnaeus, 1766) |
n and e Madagascar |
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C. c. dumonti Delacour, 1931 |
wc Madagascar |
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C. c. pyropyga Grandidier, A, 1867 |
sw Madagascar |
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C. c. maxima Milon, 1950 |
se Madagascar |
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| Verreaux's Coua |
Coua verreauxi Grandidier, A, 1867 |
AF : Madagascar |
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| Blue Coua |
Coua caerulea (Linnaeus, 1766) |
AF : Madagascar |
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| Red-capped Coua |
Coua ruficeps Gray, GR, 1846 |
AF : Madagascar |
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C. r. ruficeps Gray, GR, 1846 |
nw Madagascar |
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C. r. olivaceiceps (Sharpe, 1873) |
sw Madagascar |
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| Red-fronted Coua |
Coua reynaudii Pucheran, 1845 |
AF : Madagascar |
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| Coquerel's Coua |
Coua coquereli Grandidier, A, 1867 |
AF : Madagascar |
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| Running Coua |
Coua cursor Grandidier, A, 1867 |
AF : Madagascar |
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| Giant Coua |
Coua gigas (Boddaert, 1783) |
AF : Madagascar |
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| Red-breasted Coua |
Coua serriana Pucheran, 1845 |
AF : Madagascar |
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| Raffles's Malkoha |
Rhinortha chlorophaea (Raffles, 1822) |
OR : Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo |
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| Blue Malkoha |
Ceuthmochares aereus (Vieillot, 1817) |
AF : w, c |
ENG : Change English name of Ceuthmochares aereus from Green Malkoha to Blue Malkoha with split of C. australis |
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C. a. flavirostris (Swainson, 1837) |
Gambia to sw Nigeria |
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C. a. aereus (Vieillot, 1817) |
se Nigeria to w Kenya, n Zambia and Angola, Bioko I. |
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| Green Malkoha |
Ceuthmochares australis Sharpe, 1873 |
AF : e, se |
AS : Ceuthmochares australis is split from C. aereus (Payne 2005) as Green Malkoha (Roberts, 7th ed) |
| Sirkeer Malkoha |
Taccocua leschenaultii Lesson, 1830 |
OR : Pakistan, India |
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T. l. sirkee (Gray, JE, 1831) |
Pakistan, nw India |
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T. l. infuscata Blyth, 1845 |
c and e Himalayan foothills to ne India |
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T. l. leschenaultii Lesson, 1830 |
s India, Sri Lanka |
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| Red-billed Malkoha |
Zanclostomus javanicus (Horsfield, 1821) |
OR : Malay Peninsula, Greater Sundas |
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Z. j. pallidus Robinson & Kloss, 1921 |
Malay Pen., Sumatra and Borneo |
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Z. j. javanicus (Horsfield, 1821) |
Java |
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| Yellow-billed Malkoha |
Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus (Temminck, 1825) |
AU : Sulawesi |
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R. c. calyorhynchus (Temminck, 1825) |
n, e and se Sulawesi, Togian Is. |
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R. c. meridionalis Meyer, AB & Wiglesworth, 1896 |
c and s Sulawesi |
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R. c. rufiloris (Hartert, 1903) |
Butung I. (off Sulawesi) |
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| Chestnut-breasted Malkoha |
Phaenicophaeus curvirostris (Shaw, 1810) |
OR : Malay Peninsula, Greater Sundas |
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P. c. singularis (Parrot, 1907) |
s Burma to Sumatra |
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P. c. oeneicaudus Verreaux, J & Verreaux, E, 1855 |
Mentawai Is. (off sw Sumatra) |
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P. c. curvirostris (Shaw, 1810) |
w and c Java |
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P. c. deningeri Stresemann, 1913 |
e Java and Bali |
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P. c. microrhinus Berlepsch, 1895 |
Borneo and Bangka I. |
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P. c. harringtoni (Sharpe, 1877) |
s Philippines |
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| Red-faced Malkoha |
Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus (Pennant, 1769) |
OR : Sri Lanka |
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| Chestnut-bellied Malkoha |
Phaenicophaeus sumatranus (Raffles, 1822) |
OR : Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo |
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| Blue-faced Malkoha |
Phaenicophaeus viridirostris (Jerdon, 1840) |
OR : s India, Sri Lanka |
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| Black-bellied Malkoha |
Phaenicophaeus diardi (Lesson, 1830) |
OR : Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo |
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P. d. diardi (Lesson, 1830) |
s Burma and s Thailand, Malay Pen. and Sumatra |
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P. d. borneensis (Salvadori, 1874) |
Borneo |
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| Green-billed Malkoha |
Phaenicophaeus tristis (Lesson, 1830) |
OR : n India through Sumatra |
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P. t. tristis (Lesson, 1830) |
n India through Sumatra |
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P. t. kangeangensis (Vorderman, 1893) |
Kangean Is. (n of Bali in the Java Sea) |
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| Rough-crested Malkoha |
Dasylophus superciliosus (Dumont, 1823) |
OR : Philippines |
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D. s. cagayanensis (Rand & Rabor, 1967) |
Cagayan Province (ne Luzon) |
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D. s. superciliosus (Dumont, 1823) |
Luzon south of Cagayan Province |
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| Scale-feathered Malkoha |
Dasylophus cumingi (Fraser, 1839) |
OR : Philippines |
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| Chestnut-winged Cuckoo |
Clamator coromandus (Linnaeus, 1766) |
OR : widespread |
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| Great Spotted Cuckoo |
Clamator glandarius (Linnaeus, 1758) |
AF, EU : s Europe through AF |
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| Levaillant's Cuckoo |
Clamator levaillantii (Swainson, 1829) |
AF : widespread |
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| Jacobin Cuckoo |
Clamator jacobinus (Boddaert, 1783) |
AF, OR : widespread in AF, India to Burma |
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C. j. serratus (Sparrman, 1786) |
South Africa, s Zambia |
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C. j. pica (Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1833) |
Africa south of the Sahara to n Zambia and Malawi, nw India to Nepal and Burma |
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C. j. jacobinus (Boddaert, 1783) |
s India, Sri Lanka, s Burma |
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| Little Cuckoo |
Coccycua minuta (Vieillot, 1817) |
LA : e Panama to ne Brazil and n Bolivia |
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C. m. gracilis Heine, 1863 |
e Panama to n Bolivia |
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C. m. minuta (Vieillot, 1817) |
e Colombia to the Guianas, Brazil and Amazonian Peru |
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| Dwarf Cuckoo |
Coccycua pumila (Strickland, 1852) |
SA : n |
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| Ash-colored Cuckoo |
Coccycua cinerea (Vieillot, 1817) |
SA : c, se |
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| Squirrel Cuckoo |
Piaya cayana (Linnaeus, 1766) |
LA : widespread |
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P. c. mexicana (Swainson, 1827) |
w Mexico |
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P. c. thermophila Sclater, PL, 1860 |
e Mexico to Panama and nw Colombia |
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P. c. nigricrissa (Cabanis, 1862) |
w Colombia to c Peru and n Bolivia |
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P. c. mehleri Bonaparte, 1850 |
ne Colombia, n Venezuela |
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P. c. mesura (Cabanis & Heine, 1863) |
e Colombia, e Ecuador |
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P. c. circe Bonaparte, 1850 |
w Venezuela |
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P. c. cayana (Linnaeus, 1766) |
e and s Venezuela to the Guianas and n Brazil |
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P. c. insulana Hellmayr, 1906 |
Trinidad |
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P. c. obscura Snethlage, E, 1908 |
Rio Juru� to Rio Tapaj�s (c Brazil s of the Amazon) |
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P. c. hellmayri Pinto, 1938 |
Rio Tapaj�s to the Amazon delta (ne Brazil s of the Amazon) |
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P. c. pallescens (Cabanis & Heine, 1863) |
e Brazil |
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P. c. cabanisi Allen, JA, 1893 |
sc Brazil |
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P. c. macroura Gambel, 1849 |
se Brazil to Paraguay, ne Argentina and Uruguay |
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P. c. mogenseni Peters, JL, 1926 |
s Bolivia, nw Argentina |
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| Black-bellied Cuckoo |
Piaya melanogaster (Vieillot, 1817) |
SA : n, Amazonia |
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| Dark-billed Cuckoo |
Coccyzus melacoryphus Vieillot, 1817 |
SA : widespread |
TAX : Treated as monotypic (Dickinson, 2003). |
| Yellow-billed Cuckoo |
Coccyzus americanus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
NA, MA : s Canada to n Mexico and West Indies |
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| Pearly-breasted Cuckoo |
Coccyzus euleri Cabanis, 1873 |
SA : n, ne, e |
TAX : Treated as monotypic (Payne, 1997). |
| Mangrove Cuckoo |
Coccyzus minor (Gmelin, JF, 1788) |
NA, LA : s Florida, Caribbean, MA to ne Brazil |
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| Cocos Cuckoo |
Coccyzus ferrugineus Gould, 1843 |
MA : Isla del Cocos |
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| Black-billed Cuckoo |
Coccyzus erythropthalmus (Wilson, A, 1811) |
NA : c, e |
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| Grey-capped Cuckoo |
Coccyzus lansbergi Bonaparte, 1850 |
SA : n |
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| Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo |
Coccyzus pluvialis (Gmelin, JF, 1788) |
NA : Jamaica |
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| Bay-breasted Cuckoo |
Coccyzus rufigularis Hartlaub, 1852 |
NA : Hispaniola |
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| Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo |
Coccyzus vetula (Linnaeus, 1758) |
NA : Jamaica |
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| Great Lizard Cuckoo |
Coccyzus merlini d'Orbigny, 1839 |
NA : Bahamas, Cuba |
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C. m. bahamensis Bryant, H, 1864 |
Bahamas |
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C. m. santamariae Garrido, 1971 |
islands off nc Cuba |
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C. m. merlini d'Orbigny, 1839 |
Cuba |
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C. m. decolor (Bangs & Zappey, 1905) |
Isle of Pines |
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| Puerto Rican Lizard Cuckoo |
Coccyzus vieilloti (Bonaparte, 1850) |
NA : Puerto Rico |
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| Hispaniolan Lizard Cuckoo |
Coccyzus longirostris (Hermann, 1783) |
NA : Hispaniola |
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C. l. petersi (Richmond & Swales, 1924) |
La Mahotiere and Gon�ve Is. (off w Haiti) |
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C. l. longirostris (Hermann, 1783) |
Hispaniola, S?ona I. |
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| Thick-billed Cuckoo |
Pachycoccyx audeberti (Schlegel, 1879) |
AF : w, wc, se AF, also Madagascar |
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P. a. brazzae (Oustalet, 1886) |
Guinea to Cameroon and w DR Congo |
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P. a. validus (Reichenow, 1879) |
e DR Congo to se Kenya, Mozambique and South Africa |
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P. a. audeberti (Schlegel, 1879) |
Madagascar |
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| Dwarf Koel |
Microdynamis parva (Salvadori, 1876) |
AU : New Guinea |
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M. p. grisescens Mayr & Rand, 1936 |
nc and ne New Guinea |
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M. p. parva (Salvadori, 1876) |
s New Guinea, D'Entrecasteaux Arch. |
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| Asian Koel |
Eudynamys scolopaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
OR : widespread, also Lesser Sundas |
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E. s. scolopaceus (Linnaeus, 1758) |
Nepal, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Laccadives and Maldives |
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E. s. chinensis Cabanis & Heine, 1863 |
s China, Indochina |
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E. s. harterti Ingram, W, 1912 |
Hainan (off se China) |
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E. s. malayanus Cabanis & Heine, 1863 |
ne India and Bangladesh to Sumatra, Borneo and w Lesser Sundas |
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E. s. mindanensis (Linnaeus, 1766) |
Palawan and the Philippines to the n Moluccas |
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| Black-billed Koel |
Eudynamys melanorhynchus Müller, S, 1843 |
AU : Sulawesi, Sula Islands. |
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| Pacific Koel |
Eudynamys orientalis (Linnaeus, 1766) |
AU : s Moluccas to n, e Australia. |
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E. o. orientalis (Linnaeus, 1766) |
s Moluccas |
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E. o. everetti Hartert, 1900 |
Sumba to Timor and Kai Is. |
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E. o. rufiventer (Lesson, 1830) |
New Guinea |
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E. o. minimus van Oort, 1911 |
sw New Guinea |
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E. o. hybrida Diamond, 2002 |
Long I. (off ne New Guinea) |
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E. o. salvadorii Hartert, 1900 |
Bismarck Arch. |
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E. o. alberti Rothschild & Hartert, 1907 |
Solomon Is. |
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E. o. cyanocephalus (Latham, 1802) |
n Queensland to s New South Wales |
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E. o. subcyanocephalus Mathews, 1912 |
nw Australia to nw Queensland |
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| Long-tailed Cuckoo |
Urodynamis taitensis (Sparrman, 1787) |
AU : New Zealand |
|
| Channel-billed Cuckoo |
Scythrops novaehollandiae Latham, 1790 |
AU : widespread |
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S. n. fordi Mason, 1996 |
Sulawesi, Banggai and Tukangbesi Is. |
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S. n. novaehollandiae Latham, 1790 |
n and e Australia |
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S. n. schoddei Mason, 1996 |
Bismarck Arch. |
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| Asian Emerald Cuckoo |
Chrysococcyx maculatus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) |
OR : Himalayas to sc China and Malay Peninsula |
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| Violet Cuckoo |
Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus (Horsfield, 1821) |
OR : Southeast Asia to Philippines |
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C. x. xanthorhynchus (Horsfield, 1821) |
ne India to se Asia, Greater Sundas and Palawan |
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C. x. amethystinus (Vigors, 1831) |
Philippines |
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| Diederik Cuckoo |
Chrysococcyx caprius (Boddaert, 1783) |
AF : widespread, also se Arabian Peninsula |
|
| Klaas's Cuckoo |
Chrysococcyx klaas (Stephens, 1815) |
AF : widespread |
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| Yellow-throated Cuckoo |
Chrysococcyx flavigularis Shelley, 1880 |
AF : c, w |
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| African Emerald Cuckoo |
Chrysococcyx cupreus (Shaw, 1792) |
AF : c, w |
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| Long-billed Cuckoo |
Chrysococcyx megarhynchus (Gray, GR, 1858) |
AU : New Guinea |
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| Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo |
Chrysococcyx basalis (Horsfield, 1821) |
AU : Australia |
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| Black-eared Cuckoo |
Chrysococcyx osculans (Gould, 1847) |
AU : Australia |
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| Rufous-throated Bronze Cuckoo |
Chrysococcyx ruficollis (Salvadori, 1876) |
AU : New Guinea |
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| Shining Bronze Cuckoo |
Chrysococcyx lucidus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) |
AU : widespread |
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C. l. harterti (Mayr, 1932) |
Rennell and Bellona Is. (s Solomon Is.) |
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C. l. layardi Mathews, 1912 |
New Caledonia, Loyalty Is., Vanuatu, Banks and Santa Cruz Is. |
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C. l. plagosus (Latham, 1802) |
Australia |
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C. l. lucidus (Gmelin, JF, 1788) |
New Zealand and nearby islands |
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| White-eared Bronze Cuckoo |
Chrysococcyx meyerii Salvadori, 1874 |
AU : New Guinea |
TAX : Correct spelling of species name is meyerii (fide A. Peterson/Zoonomen, primary source verification) |
| Little Bronze Cuckoo |
Chrysococcyx minutillus Gould, 1859 |
OR, AU : Southeast Asia to e Australia |
TAX : Little Bronze Cuckoo C. minutillus includes C.russatus, C.rufomerus and C.crassirostris (Dickinson 2003, Payne 2005, Collar 2007); further work needed to define species limits (Christidis and Boles 2008) |
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C. m. peninsularis Parker, SA, 1981 |
s Thailand, Malay Pen. |
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C. m. albifrons (Junge, 1938) |
Sumatra, w Java |
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C. m. aheneus (Junge, 1938) |
Borneo, s Philippines |
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C. m. jungei (Stresemann, 1938) |
Sulawesi, Flores and Madu I. |
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C. m. rufomerus Hartert, 1900 |
Lesser Sundas |
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C. m. crassirostris (Salvadori, 1878) |
Moluccas and Tanimbar Is. |
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C. m. salvadorii (Hartert & Stresemann, 1925) |
Tepa I. (Babar Is.) |
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C. m. misoriensis (Salvadori, 1876) |
Biak I. |
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C. m. poecilurus Gray, GR, 1862 |
coastal New Guinea and nearby islands, n Queensland |
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C. m. minutillus Gould, 1859 |
n Australia |
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C. m. barnardi Mathews, 1912 |
e Australia |
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| Pallid Cuckoo |
Cacomantis pallidus (Latham, 1802) |
AU : Australia |
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| White-crowned Cuckoo |
Cacomantis leucolophus (Müller, S, 1840) |
AU : New Guinea |
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| Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo |
Cacomantis castaneiventris (Gould, 1867) |
AU : New Guinea, ne Australia |
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C. c. arfakianus Salvadori, 1889 |
w Papuan islands, nw New Guinea |
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C. c. weiskei Reichenow, 1900 |
c and e New Guinea |
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C. c. castaneiventris (Gould, 1867) |
Aru Is. and Cape York Pen. (Australia) |
|
| Fan-tailed Cuckoo |
Cacomantis flabelliformis (Latham, 1802) |
AU : widespread |
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C. f. excitus Rothschild & Hartert, 1907 |
New Guinea |
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C. f. flabelliformis (Latham, 1802) |
Australia |
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C. f. pyrrophanus (Vieillot, 1817) |
New Caledonia and Loyalty Is. |
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C. f. meeki Rothschild & Hartert, 1902 |
Solomon Is. |
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C. f. schistaceigularis Sharpe, 1900 |
Vanuatu |
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C. f. simus (Peale, 1848) |
Fiji Is. |
|
| Banded Bay Cuckoo |
Cacomantis sonneratii (Latham, 1790) |
OR : widespread |
|
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C. s. sonneratii (Latham, 1790) |
India and Nepal to s Indochina and the Malay Pen. |
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C. s. waiti (Baker, ECS, 1919) |
Sri Lanka |
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C. s. fasciolatus (Müller, S, 1843) |
Sumatra, Borneo, Palawan |
TAX : C. s. fasciolatus has precedence and is a valid name for this taxon. Payne 2005. |
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C. s. musicus (Ljungh, 1803) |
Java |
|
| Plaintive Cuckoo |
Cacomantis merulinus (Scopoli, 1786) |
OR : Southeast Asia to Philippines |
|
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C. m. querulus Heine, 1863 |
e Himalayas to s China, Indochina and Malay Pen. |
|
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C. m. threnodes Cabanis & Heine, 1863 |
s Malay Pen., Sumatra and Borneo |
|
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C. m. lanceolatus (Müller, S, 1843) |
Java, Sulawesi |
|
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C. m. merulinus (Scopoli, 1786) |
Philippines |
|
| Grey-bellied Cuckoo |
Cacomantis passerinus (Vahl, 1797) |
OR : India |
|
| Brush Cuckoo |
Cacomantis variolosus (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) |
AU : widespread, including n Moluccas |
|
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C. v. infaustus Cabanis & Heine, 1863 |
n and e Moluccas to n and c New Guinea |
TAX: Includes C. v. infaustus (Payne, 2005) |
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C. v. oreophilus Hartert, 1925 |
e and s New Guinea, D'Entrecasteaux Arch. |
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C. v. blandus Rothschild & Hartert, 1914 |
Admiralty Is. |
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C. v. macrocercus Stresemann, 1921 |
New Britain, New Ireland and Tabar Is. (Bismarck Arch.) |
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C. v. websteri Hartert, 1898 |
New Hanover (Bismarck Arch.) |
|
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C. v. addendus Rothschild & Hartert, 1901 |
Solomon Is. |
|
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C. v. variolosus (Vigors & Horsfield, 1827) |
e Australia |
TAX : Includes C. v. whitei. Payne, 2005 |
| Rusty-breasted Cuckoo |
Cacomantis sepulcralis (Müller, S, 1843) |
OR : Malay Peninsula to Philippines |
|
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C. s. sepulcralis (Müller, S, 1843) |
Malay Pen., Greater and Lesser Sundas and the Philippines |
|
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C. s. virescens (Brüggemann, 1876) |
Sulawesi, Butung, Tukangbesi, Banggai and Sula Is. |
|
| Moluccan Cuckoo |
Cacomantis aeruginosus Salvadori, 1878 |
AU : Moluccas |
TAX : Species name of Moluccan Cuckoo changes from heinrichi to aeruginosus with the transfer of ssp aeruginosus. to this species from C. sepulcralis |
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C. a. aeruginosus Salvadori, 1878 |
Buru, Ambon and Seram Is. (w and c Moluccas) |
|
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C. a. heinrichi Stresemann, 1931 |
Halmahera and Becan (n Moluccas) |
|
| Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo |
Cercococcyx mechowi Cabanis, 1882 |
AF : w, c |
|
| Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo |
Cercococcyx olivinus Sassi, 1912 |
AF : w, c |
|
| Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo |
Cercococcyx montanus Chapin, 1928 |
AF : e, se |
|
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C. m. montanus Chapin, 1928 |
sw Uganda, e DR Congo and Rwanda |
|
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C. m. patulus Friedmann, 1928 |
Kenya to Mozambique and s DR Congo |
|
| Philippine Drongo-Cuckoo |
Surniculus velutinus Sharpe, 1877 |
OR : Philippines |
AS : Surniculus velutinus is split from S.lugubris following Dickinson (2003) and Payne (2005) |
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S. v. chalybaeus Salomonsen, 1953 |
Luzon, Mindoro and Negros |
|
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S. v. velutinus Sharpe, 1877 |
Bohol, Leyte, Samar, Mindanao and Basilan |
|
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S. v. suluensis Salomonsen, 1953 |
Sulu Is. |
|
| Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo |
Surniculus lugubris (Horsfield, 1821) |
OR : Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Greater Sundas and Palawan |
ENG : Change English name of Surniculus lugubris to Square-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo with splits of S. dicruroides and D. musschenbroeki |
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S. l. stewarti Baker, ECS, 1920 |
Sri Lanka |
|
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S. l. brachyurus Stresemann, 1913 |
Malaysia, Sumatra, Bangka I., Borneo and sw Philippines |
|
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S. l. lugubris (Horsfield, 1821) |
Java, Bali |
|
| Fork-tailed Drongo-Cuckoo |
Surniculus dicruroides (Hodgson, 1839) |
OR : Himalayas to s India, n Indochina and se China |
AS : Surniculus dicruroides is split from S. lugubris (Payne 2005, Collar 2007) |
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S. d. dicruroides (Hodgson, 1839) |
Himalayas and c and s India |
|
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S. d. barussarum Oberholser, 1912 |
ne India, n Burma, n Thailand, n Indochina, and Yunnan, Hainan (off se China) . |
|
| Moluccan Drongo-Cuckoo |
Surniculus musschenbroeki Meyer, AB, 1878 |
AU : Sulawesi and Halmahera |
AS : Surniculus musschenbroeki is split from S. lugubris (Payne 2005, Collar 2007) |
| Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo |
Hierococcyx vagans (Müller, S, 1845) |
OR : Southeast Asia, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo |
|
| Large Hawk-Cuckoo |
Hierococcyx sparverioides (Vigors, 1832) |
OR : widespread |
|
| Dark Hawk-Cuckoo |
Hierococcyx bocki Ramsay, RGW, 1886 |
OR : Malay Pen, Sumatra, Borneo |
AS : Hierococcyx bocki is split from H. sparverioides (Payne 2005, Collar 2007) |
| Common Hawk-Cuckoo |
Hierococcyx varius (Vahl, 1797) |
OR : India to Burma |
|
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H. v. varius (Vahl, 1797) |
India and Nepal to Bangladesh and Burma |
|
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H. v. ciceliae Phillips, WWA, 1949 |
Sri Lanka |
|
| Rufous Hawk-Cuckoo |
Hierococcyx hyperythrus (Gould, 1856) |
EU : e |
|
| Philippine Hawk-Cuckoo |
Hierococcyx pectoralis Cabanis & Heine, 1863 |
OR : Philippines |
|
| Malaysian Hawk-Cuckoo |
Hierococcyx fugax (Horsfield, 1821) |
OR : Southeast Asia, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Borneo |
|
| Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo |
Hierococcyx nisicolor (Blyth, 1843) |
OR : Nepal to Borneo |
|
| Black Cuckoo |
Cuculus clamosus Latham, 1802 |
AF : widespread |
|
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C. c. gabonensis Lafresnaye, 1853 |
Liberia to sw Ethiopia, w Kenya and nw Angola |
|
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C. c. clamosus Latham, 1802 |
n and c Ethiopia and e and c Kenya to s Angola and South Africa |
|
| Red-chested Cuckoo |
Cuculus solitarius Stephens, 1815 |
AF : widespread |
|
| Lesser Cuckoo |
Cuculus poliocephalus Latham, 1790 |
EU : e, se |
|
| Sulawesi Cuckoo |
Cuculus crassirostris (Walden, 1872) |
AU : Sulawesi |
|
| Indian Cuckoo |
Cuculus micropterus Gould, 1838 |
OR : widespread, also e Asia |
|
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C. m. micropterus Gould, 1838 |
India to se Siberia, ne China and se Asia |
|
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C. m. concretus Müller, S, 1845 |
Vietnam, s Thailand and the Malay Pen., Sumatra, Java and Borneo |
|
| Madagascar Cuckoo |
Cuculus rochii Hartlaub, 1863 |
AF : Madagascar |
|
| African Cuckoo |
Cuculus gularis Stephens, 1815 |
AF : widespread |
|
| Himalayan Cuckoo |
Cuculus saturatus Blyth, 1843 |
OR : Himalayas to Taiwan |
ENG : Change English name of Cuculus saturatus from Oriental Cuckoo to Himalayan Cuckoo with splits of L.optatus and L.lepidus (King 2005, Payne 2005). |
| Oriental Cuckoo |
Cuculus optatus Gould, 1845 |
EU : ne Asia |
AS : Cuculus optatus is split from C. saturatus (King 2005, Payne 2005); BLI and AOU recognize. Assumes English name of Oriental Cuckoo. |
| Sunda Cuckoo |
Cuculus lepidus Müller, S, 1845 |
OR : se Asia, Greater Sundas, Wallacea |
AS : Cuculus lepidus is split from C. saturatus (King 2005, Payne 2005); BLI recognizes. |
| Common Cuckoo |
Cuculus canorus Linnaeus, 1758 |
EU : widespread |
|
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C. c. canorus Linnaeus, 1758 |
Europe and the Middle East to Kamchatka, Japan and n China |
|
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C. c. bangsi Oberholser, 1919 |
Iberian Pen., Balearic Is. and nw Africa |
|
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C. c. subtelephonus Zarudny, 1914 |
Turkmenistan to s Mongolia |
|
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C. c. bakeri Hartert, 1912 |
w China and n India to s China and nw Thailand |
|
| St. Helena Cuckoo |
Nannococcyx psix † Olson, 1975 |
AO : St. Helena I. |
EXTINCT : Olson, 1975 |