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This list is based on the IOC WorldBirdNames classification ver 2.10 (2011)

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1. Guira Cuckoo   Guira guira
2. Greater Ani   Crotophaga major
3. Smooth-billed Ani   Crotophaga ani
4. Groove-billed Ani   Crotophaga sulcirostris
5. Striped Cuckoo   Tapera naevia
6. Pheasant Cuckoo   Dromococcyx phasianellus
7. Pavonine Cuckoo   Dromococcyx pavoninus
8. Lesser Ground Cuckoo   Morococcyx erythropygus
9. Greater Roadrunner   Geococcyx californianus
10. Lesser Roadrunner   Geococcyx velox
11. Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo   Neomorphus geoffroyi
12. Scaled Ground Cuckoo   Neomorphus squamiger
13. Banded Ground Cuckoo   Neomorphus radiolosus
14. Rufous-winged Ground Cuckoo   Neomorphus rufipennis
15. Red-billed Ground Cuckoo   Neomorphus pucheranii
16. Buff-headed Coucal   Centropus milo
17. White-necked Coucal   Centropus ateralbus
18. Ivory-billed Coucal   Centropus menbeki
19. Biak Coucal   Centropus chalybeus
20. Rufous Coucal   Centropus unirufus
21. Green-billed Coucal   Centropus chlororhynchos
22. Black-faced Coucal   Centropus melanops
23. Black-hooded Coucal   Centropus steerii
24. Short-toed Coucal   Centropus rectunguis
25. Bay Coucal   Centropus celebensis
26. Gabon Coucal   Centropus anselli
27. Black-throated Coucal   Centropus leucogaster
28. Senegal Coucal   Centropus senegalensis
29. Blue-headed Coucal   Centropus monachus
30. Coppery-tailed Coucal   Centropus cupreicaudus
31. White-browed Coucal   Centropus superciliosus
32. Burchell’s Coucal   Centropus burchellii
33. Sunda Coucal   Centropus nigrorufus
34. Greater Coucal   Centropus sinensis
35. Malagasy Coucal   Centropus toulou
36. Goliath Coucal   Centropus goliath
37. Black Coucal   Centropus grillii
38. Philippine Coucal   Centropus viridis
39. Lesser Coucal   Centropus bengalensis
40. Violaceous Coucal   Centropus violaceus
41. Black-billed Coucal   Centropus bernsteini
42. Pheasant Coucal   Centropus phasianinus
43. Andaman Coucal   Centropus andamanensis
44. Bornean Ground Cuckoo   Carpococcyx radiceus
45. Sumatran Ground Cuckoo   Carpococcyx viridis
46. Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo   Carpococcyx renauldi
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. 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 heinrichi
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. Madagascar 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