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Cuculinae

Osteichthyes - Cuculiformes - Cuculidae

Taxonomy
Cuculinae is a subfamily. It is extant.

It was assigned to Cuculidae by Chandler (1999), Livezey and Zusi (2007), del Hoyo et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Cuculinae Chandler
2007Cuculinae Livezey and Zusi p. 93
2014Cuculinae del Hoyo et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
—Sauropsida
classReptilia
subclassEureptilia()
—Romeriida
—Diapsida()
—Archosauromorpha(Huene 1946)
—Crocopoda
—ArchosauriformesGauthier 1986
—Eucrocopoda
—Archosauria()
RankNameAuthor
informalAvemetatarsalia
—Ornithodira
—Dinosauromorpha
—Dinosauriformes
—Dinosauria()
—Saurischia()
—Theropoda()
—Neotheropoda
—AverostraPaul 2002
—Tetanurae
—Coelurosauria()
—Maniraptora
—Paraves
classAves
subclassNeornithesGadow 1893
—Neognathae(Pycraft 1900)
—NeoavesSibley et al. 1988
—Terrestrornithes
—Dendrornithes
—AnomalogonatesGarrod 1874
—CoccygesHuxley 1867
superorderCuculimorphaeSibley et al. 1988
orderCuculiformesWagler 1830
familyCuculidaeLeach 1820
subfamilyCuculinae
subfamilyCuculinae

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Subfm. Cuculinae
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G. Ceuthmochares Cabanis and Heine 1863 [yellowbill]
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Ceuthmochares aereus Vieillot 1817 [Chattering yellowbill]
G. Clamator Kaup 1829 [cuckoo]
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Clamator glandarius Linnaeus 1758 [Great spotted cuckoo]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available