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Cuculidae (cuckoo)
Taxonomy
Cuculidae was named by Leach (1820). It is extant.
It was assigned to Cuculoidae by Hay (1930); to Cuculi by Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956) and Livezey and Zusi (2007); and to Cuculiformes by Olson (1975), Carroll (1988), Mayr (2006), Steadman (2008), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017) and Worthy and Nguyen (2020).
It was assigned to Cuculoidae by Hay (1930); to Cuculi by Lambrecht (1933), Wetmore (1940), Wetmore (1956) and Livezey and Zusi (2007); and to Cuculiformes by Olson (1975), Carroll (1988), Mayr (2006), Steadman (2008), del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017) and Worthy and Nguyen (2020).
Subtaxa
Cacomantis, Centropodinae, Centropus, Chrysococcyx, Coccyzus (syn. Saurothera, Hyetornis), Coua, Crotophaga, Crotophaginae, Cuculinae, Cuculus, Dromococcyx, Dynamopteryx, Eocuculus, Eudynamys, Eutreptodactylus, Geococcyx, Morococcyx, Nannococcyx, Necrornis, Neococcyx, Neomorphinae, Phaenicophacinae, Procuculus, Thomasococcyx, Urodynamis, Veflintornis
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1820 | Cuculidae Leach |
1930 | Cuculidae Hay p. 347 |
1933 | Cuculidae Lambrecht p. 605 |
1940 | Cuculidae Wetmore p. 66 |
1956 | Cuculidae Wetmore p. 83 |
1975 | Cuculidae Olson p. 31 |
1988 | Cuculidae Carroll |
2006 | Cuculidae Mayr p. 866 |
2007 | Cuculidae Livezey and Zusi p. 93 |
2008 | Cuculidae Steadman |
2014 | Cuculidae del Hoyo et al. |
2017 | Cuculidae Clements et al. |
2020 | Cuculidae Worthy and Nguyen p. 84 |
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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.
Fm. Cuculidae Leach 1820 [cuckoo]
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G. Cacomantis Muller 1843
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Cacomantis flabelliformis Latham 1801 [fan-tailed cuckoo]
Cacomantis variolosus Vigors and Horsfield 1827 [brush cuckoo]
Subfm. Centropodinae Horsfield 1823
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G. Carpococcyx Gray 1840 [Ground-cuckoo]
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Carpococcyx radiceus Temminck 1832 [Bornean ground-cuckoo]
Invalid names: Centropodini del Hoyo et al. 2014 [empty]
G. Centropus Illiger 1811
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†Centropus antiquus Gervais 1852
†Centropus bairdi Shute et al. 2016
†Centropus colossus Baird 1985
Centropus goliath Bonaparte 1850 [Goliath coucal]
†Centropus maximus Shute et al. 2016
G. Chrysococcyx Boie 1826
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Chrysococcyx caprius Boddaert 1783 [Diederik cuckoo]
Chrysococcyx lucidus Gmelin 1788 [shining bronze-cuckoo]
G. Coccyzus Viellot 1816
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Coccyzus americanus Linnaeus 1758 [yellow-billed cuckoo]
Coccyzus erythropthalmus Wilson 1811 [black-billed cuckoo]
Coccyzus longirostris Hermann 1783 [Hispaniolan lizard-cuckoo]
Coccyzus minor Gmelin 1788 [mangrove cuckoo]
Coccyzus rufigularis Hartlaub 1852 [bay-breasted cuckoo]
Invalid names: Hyetornis Sclater 1862 [synonym], Saurothera Vieillot 1816 [synonym]
G. Coua Schinz 1821 [coua]
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†Coua berthae Goodman and Ravoavy 1993 [Bertha's coua]
Coua cristata Linnaeus 1766 [crested coua]
Coua cursor Grandidier 1867 [running coua]
Coua gigas Boddaert 1783 [giant coua]
†Coua primaeva Milne-Edwards and Grandidier 1895
Coua ruficeps Gray 1846 [red-capped coua]
G. Crotophaga Linnaeus 1758
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Crotophaga ani Linnaeus 1758 [smooth-billed ani]
Crotophaga sulcirostris Swainson 1827 [groove-billed ani]
Subfm. Cuculinae
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G. Ceuthmochares Cabanis and Heine 1863 [yellowbill]
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Ceuthmochares aereus Vieillot 1817 [Chattering yellowbill]
G. Cuculus Linnaeus 1758
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Cuculus canorus Linnaeus 1758 [common cuckoo]
†Cuculus csarnotanus Jánossy 1979
Cuculus optatus Gould 1845 [oriental cuckoo]
G. Dromococcyx Wied-Neuwied 1832
G. †Dynamopteryx Gaillard 1939
G. Eudynamys Vigors and Horsfield 1827 [koel]
G. †Eutreptodactylus Baird and Vickers-Rich 1997
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†Eutreptodactylus itaboraiensis Baird and Vickers-Rich 1997
G. Geococcyx Wagler 1831
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Geococcyx californianus Lesson 1829 [Greater roadrunner]
†Geococcyx conklingi Howard 1931
Geococcyx velox Wagner 1836 [Lesser roadrunner]
G. †Neococcyx Weigel 1963
Subfm. Neomorphinae Shelley 1891
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Invalid names: Phaenicophacinae [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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References: Naka 2004, Marsh 1875 |
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 55.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.6 Ma
Collections (64 total)
Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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Ypresian | United Kingdom (Sussex) | Procuculus minutus (13298) | |
Early/Lower Eocene | Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) | Eutreptodactylus itaboraiensis (118314) | |
Priabonian | France (Ile-de-France Region) | Centropus antiquus (31739) | |
Chadronian | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Neococcyx mccorquodalei (52960) | |
Late/Upper Chadronian | USA (Colorado) | Eocuculus cherpinae (84799) | |
MP 24 | France (Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur) | Eocuculus cherpinae (68876) | |
Hemingfordian | USA (Florida) | Cuculidae indet., Thomasococcyx philohippus (18597) | |
Hemingfordian | USA (Colorado) | Cursoricoccyx geraldinae (17965) | |
Gelasian | USA (Florida) | Coccyzus americanus (20384) | |
Calabrian | Spain (Murcia) | Cuculus canorus (34128) | |
Middle Pleistocene | Italy (Siracusa) | Cuculus canorus (175900) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Russian Federation | Cuculus canorus (194807) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Portugal | Cuculus canorus (197768) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Cayman Islands | Coccyzus minor (209851) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (New Mexico) | Geococcyx conklingi (71670) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | USA (New Mexico) | Geococcyx californianus (76059 76060) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Colombia (Cundinamarca) | Crotophaginae indet. (190375) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | East Timor | Cuculidae indet. (204406) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Arizona) | Geococcyx californianus (63654) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (South Australia) | Centropus colossus (136157) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | Australia (Victoria) | Chrysococcyx sp. (194980) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | USA (Florida) | Coccyzus americanus (20595) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (California) | Geococcyx californianus (79630 176267 190077 218989) Geococcyx californica (44954) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial) | Venezuela (Zulia) | Coccyzus americanus (63515) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Virginia) | Coccyzus sp. (103991) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Papua New Guinea | Cacomantis variolosus (194693) Cuculidae indet., Centropus sp. (194694) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Bahamas (New Providence Island) | Coccyzus merlini, Coccyzus minor (194588) Saurothera merlini (144649 194590) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Madagascar | Coua berthae (95824) Coua cristata, Coua cursor, Coua gigas, Coua ruficeps (195018) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Dominican Republic | Saurothera longirostris, Hyetornis rufigularis (194485) | |
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene | Bahamas (San Salvador) | Coccyzus minor (190743) | |
Holocene | Madagascar (Beanka) | Coua sp., Coua cristata, Coua gigas (205190 205193) | |
Holocene | Bolivia (Chuquisaca) | Coccyzus sp. (70705) | |
Holocene | Tonga | Eudynamis taitensis (194752 194753) | |
Holocene | Madagascar | Coua berthae (195020) | |
Holocene | Madagascar (Toliara) | Coua cristata, Coua cursor (92733) | |
Holocene | Solomon Islands | Eudynamis taitensis (209065 209096) | |
Holocene | Pitcairn | Eudynamys taitensis (193786) | |
Holocene | New Caledonia | Eudynamys taitensis, Chrysococcyx lucidus, Cacomantis flabelliformis (193986 193987) Urodynamis taitensis (13221) | |
Holocene | Bahamas | Saurothera merlini (194593) | |
Holocene | New Zealand | Eudynamys taitensis (100554) | |
Holocene | Tonga (Vava'u) | Cacomantis flabelliformis (208867) | |
Holocene | Vanuatu (Efate) | Centropus sp., Cuculus optatus (185434) | |
Holocene | Dominican Republic | Coccyzus sp., Saurothera longirostris, Crotophaga ani, Coccyzus erythropthalmus, Hyetornis rufigularis (194484) | |
Holocene | Cayman Islands (Grand Cayman) | Saurothera merlini (144134) | |
Holocene | Cook Islands | Eudynamis taitensis (193452 193453) | |
Holocene | Saint Helena | Nannococcyx psix (194291) | |
Holocene | Haiti | Crotophaga ani (195074) Saurothera longirostris (194483) | |
Holocene | Mexico (Chiapas) | Crotophaga sulcirostris, Dromococcyx erythropygus (195047) |