Aves - Cuculiformes - Cuculidae
Synonyms: Hyetornis Sclater 1862, Saurothera Vieillot 1816
Parent taxon: Cuculidae according to J. F. Clements et al. 2017
See also Emslie 1998 and Morgan 1994
Sister taxa: Cacomantis, Centropodinae, Centropus, Chrysococcyx, Coua, Crotophaga, Crotophaginae, Cuculinae, Cuculus, Dromococcyx, Dynamopteryx, Eocuculus, Eudynamys, Eutreptodactylus, Geococcyx, Morococcyx, Nannococcyx, Necrornis, Neococcyx, Neomorphinae, Phaenicophacinae, Procuculus, Thomasococcyx, Urodynamis, Veflintornis
Subtaxa: Coccyzus americanus Coccyzus erythropthalmus Coccyzus longirostris Coccyzus minor Coccyzus rufigularis Saurothera merlini
Ecology: volant insectivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of the Bahamas (5 collections), Bolivia (1), Cayman Islands (2), the Dominican Republic (2), Haiti (1), United States (3: Florida, Virginia), Venezuela (1)
Total: 15 collections including 20 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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