Cuculidae

Centropus phasianinus Photo by James Niland (Flickr) Common name:pheasant coucal (en); cucal-faisão (pt); coucal faisan (fr); cucal faisán (es); fasanspornkuckuck (de)Taxonomy:Order CuculiformesFamily CuculidaeRange:This species is found in northern and eastern Australia, as far south as Sidney, and also in the lowlands of Papua New-Guinea and in the island of Timor both in Timor Leste and…

Surniculus dicruroides Photo by Vijay Ismavel (Flickr) Common name:fork-tailed drongo-cuckoo (en); cuco-drongo-de-cauda-forcada (pt): surnicou à queue fourchue (fr); cuclillo-drongo de cola furcada (es); gabelschwanz-drongokuckuck (de)Taxonomy:Order CuculiformesFamily CuculidaeRange:This species breeds in most of India, with the exception of the north-western part of the country, and through Nepal and Bangladesh into northern Myanmar, northern Vietnam and southern…

Coccyzus pluvialis Photo by Dominic Sherony (Wikipedia) Common name:chestnut-bellied cuckoo (en); cuco-das-chuvas (pt); tacco de pluie (fr); cuco picogordo de Jamaica (es); regenkuckuck (de)Taxonomy:Order CuculiformesFamily CuculidaeRange:This species is endemic to Jamaica, being found throughout the island.Size:These birds are 48-56 cm long and weigh about 130 g.Habitat:The chestnut-bellied cuckoo is mostly found in moist tropical forests,…

Centropus superciliosus Photo by Eric van Poppel (Internet Bird Colletion) Common name:white-browed coucal (en); cucal-de-sobrancelhas-brancas (pt); coucal à sourcils blancs (fr); cucal cejiblanco (es); tiputip (de)Taxonomy:Order CuculiformesFamily CuculidaeRange:This species is found from the south-western Arabian Peninsula, through south-eastern Sudan, Erithrea and Ethiopia, across East Africa, through southern D.R. Congo into Angola, and through eastern Zimbabwe…

Phaenicophaeus curvirostris Photo by Lip Kee Yap (Wikipedia) Common name:chestnut-breasted malkoha (en); malcoa-de-peito-castanho (pt); malcoha rouverdin (fr); malcoha pechicastaño (es); schimmerkuckuck (de)Taxonomy:Order CuculiformesFamily CuculidaeRange:This species is found from southern Thailand and Myanmar, through peninsular Malaysia and into Borneo, Sumatra, Java and Bali in Indonesia, and Palawan in the Philippines.Size:These birds are 42-49 cm long and…

Cacomantis flabelliformis (Photo from Tom Clark – Beyond the Pale) Common name:fan-tailed cuckoo (en); cuco-de-cauda-em-leque (pt); coucou à éventail (fr); cuco flabeliforme (es); fächerschwanzkuckuck (de)Taxonomy:Order CuculiformesFamily CuculidaeRange:This species is found in southern and eastern Australia, New Guinea, Fiji, New Caledonia, the Salomon Islands and Vanuatu.Size:These birds are 24-28 cm long and weigh about 50-60 g.Habitat:The…

Pachycoccyx audeberti Photo by Chris Perkins (Internet Bird Collection) Common name:thick-billed cuckoo (en); cuco-de-bico-grosso (pt); coucou d’Audebert (fr); críalo piquigrueso (es); dickschnabelkuckuck (de)Taxonomy:Order CuculiformesFamily CuculidaeRange:This species is found in sub-Saharan Africa, being patchily distributed from Guinea to D.R. Congo and Angola, and more widespread in East Africa from Uganda and Kenya south to Mozambique and…

Eudynamys scolopaceus (Photo from Top Yaps) Common name:Asian koel (en); cuco-koel (pt); coucou koël (fr); koel común (es); koel (de)Taxonomy:Order CuculiformesFamily CuculidaeRange:This species is found in south-eastern Asia, from southern Pakistan, through India, Bangladesh and Indochina, and into southern and eastern China, Indonesia and the Philippines.Size:These large cuckoos are 39-46 cm long and weigh 190-330…