Subfamily Centropodinae Horsfield 1823 (cuckoo)
Aves - Cuculiformes - Cuculidae
Parent taxon: Cuculidae according to B. C. Livezey and R. L. Zusi 2007
See also del Hoyo et al. 2014
Sister taxa: Cacomantis, Centropus, Chrysococcyx, Coccyzus, Coua, Crotophaga, Crotophaginae, Cuculinae, Cuculus, Dromococcyx, Dynamopteryx, Eocuculus, Eudynamys, Eutreptodactylus, Geococcyx, Morococcyx, Nannococcyx, Necrornis, Neococcyx, Neomorphinae, Phaenicophacinae, Procuculus, Thomasococcyx, Urodynamis, Veflintornis
Subtaxa: Carpococcyx Centropodini
Ecology: volant insectivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Centropodinae in the database