Cuculidae

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…