Checklist of Cuckoos
This is the list of taxa currently recognised as valid species by JE, RF and OR. Click the species names for more information and photographs.

Species
Author
Threat Category*
RF
Least Concern
Red-winged Crested Cuckoo (Clamator coromandus)
JE
Least Concern
Jacobin Cuckoo (Oxylophus jacobinus)
JE
Least Concern
Levaillant's Cuckoo (Oxylophus levaillanti)
RF
Least Concern
Thick-billed Cuckoo (Pachycoccyx audeberti)
RF
Least Concern
Sulawesi Hawk Cuckoo (Cuculus crassirostris)
JE
Least Concern
Large Hawk Cuckoo (Cuculus sparverioides)
JE
Least Concern
Common Hawk Cuckoo (Cuculus varius)
JE
Least Concern
Small Hawk Cuckoo (Cuculus vagans)
JE
Near Threatened
Fugitive Hawk Cuckoo (Cuculus fugax)
JE
Least Concern
Red-chested Cuckoo (Cuculus solitarius)
RF
Least Concern
Black Cuckoo (Cuculus clamosus)
RF
Least Concern
Short-winged Cuckoo (Cuculus micropterus)
JE
Least Concern
RF
Least Concern
African Cuckoo (Cuculus gularis)
RF
Least Concern
Oriental Cuckoo (Cuculus saturatus)
JE
Least Concern
Little Cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
JE
Least Concern
Madagascar Cuckoo (Cuculus rochii)
RF
Least Concern
Pallid Cuckoo (Cuculus pallidus)
JE
Least Concern
Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo (Cercococcyx mechowi)
RF
Least Concern
Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo (Cercococcyx olivinus)
RF
Least Concern
Mountain Long-tailed Cuckoo (Cercococcyx montanus)
RF
Least Concern
Banded Bay Cuckoo (Penthoceryx sonneratii)
JE
Least Concern
Plaintive Cuckoo (Cacomantis merulinus)
JE
Least Concern
Brush Cuckoo (Cacomantis variolosus)
JE
Least Concern
Indonesian Cuckoo (Cacomantis sepulcralis)
JE
Least Concern
Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo (Cacomantis castaneiventris)
JE
Least Concern
Heinrich's Brush Cuckoo (Cacomantis heinrichi)
JE
Near Threatened
Fan-tailed Cuckoo (Cacomantis pyrrhophanus)
JE
Least Concern
Little Long-billed Cuckoo (Rhamphomantis megarhynchus)
JE
Least Concern
Black-eared Cuckoo (Misocalius osculans)
JE
Least Concern
African Emerald Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx cupreus)
RF
Least Concern
Yellow-throated Green Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx flavigularis)
RF
Least Concern
Klaas' Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx klaas)
RF
Least Concern
Didric Cuckoo (Chrysococcyx caprius)
RF
Least Concern
Asian Emerald Cuckoo (Chalcites maculatus)
JE
Least Concern
Violet Cuckoo (Chalcites xanthorhynchus)
JE
Least Concern
Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo (Chalcites basalis)
JE
Least Concern
Shining Bronze Cuckoo (Chalcites lucidus)
JE
Least Concern
New Guinea Bronze Cuckoo (Chalcites poecilurus)
JE
Least Concern
Gould's Bronze Cuckoo (Chalcites russatus)
JE
Least Concern
Green-cheeked Bronze Cuckoo (Chalcites rufomerus)
JE
Least Concern
Little Bronze Cuckoo (Chalcites minutillus)
JE
Least Concern
Pied Bronze Cuckoo (Chalcites crassirostris)
JE
Least Concern
Reddish-throated Bronze Cuckoo (Chalcites ruficollis)
JE
Least Concern
Meyer's Bronze Cuckoo (Chalcites meyeri)
JE
Least Concern
White-crowned Koel (Caliechthrus leucolophus)
JE
Least Concern
Drongo-Cuckoo (Surniculus lugubris)
JE
Least Concern
Black-capped Cuckoo (Microdynamis parva)
JE
Least Concern
Koel (Eudynamys scolopacea)
JE
Least Concern
Australian Koel (Eudynamys cyanocephala)
JE
Least Concern
Long-tailed Koel (Urodynamis taitensis)
JE
Least Concern
Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops novaehollandiae)
JE
Least Concern
Dwarf Cuckoo (Coccyzus pumilus)
OR
Least Concern
Ash-coloured Cuckoo (Coccyzus cinereus)
OR
Least Concern
Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus erythrophthalmus)
OR
Least Concern
Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus americanus)
OR
Least Concern
Pearly-breasted Cuckoo (Coccyzus euleri)
OR
Least Concern
Mangrove Cuckoo (Coccyzus minor)
OR
Least Concern
Cocos Cuckoo (Coccyzus ferrugineus)
OR
VULNERABLE
Dark-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzus melacoryphus)
OR
Least Concern
Grey-capped Cuckoo (Coccyzus lansbergi)
OR
Least Concern
Rufous-breasted Cuckoo (Hyetornis rufigularis)
OR
ENDANGERED
Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo (Hyetornis pluvialis)
OR
Least Concern
Squirrel Cuckoo (Piaya cayana)
OR
Least Concern
Black-bellied Cuckoo (Piaya melanogaster)
OR
Least Concern
Little Cuckoo (Piaya minuta)
OR
Least Concern
Great Lizard Cuckoo (Saurothera merlini)
OR
Least Concern
Jamaican Lizard Cuckoo (Saurothera vetula)
OR
Least Concern
Hispaniolan Lizard Cuckoo (Saurothera longirostris)
OR
Least Concern
Puerto Rican Lizard Cuckoo (Saurothera vielloti)
OR
Least Concern
Yellow-bill (Ceuthmochares aereus)
RF
Least Concern
Lesser Green-billed Malcoha (Rhopodytes diardi)
JE
Near Threatened
Rufous-bellied Malkoha (Rhopodytes sumatranus)
JE
Near Threatened
Greater Green-billed Malkoha (Rhopodytes tristis)
JE
Least Concern
Small Green-billed Malkoha (Rhopodytes viridirostris)
JE
Least Concern
Sirkeer Cuckoo (Taccocua leschenaultii)
JE
Least Concern
Raffles' Malkoha (Rhinortha chlorophaea)
JE
Least Concern
Red-billed Malkoha (Zanclostomus javanicus)
JE
Least Concern
Fiery-billed Malkoha (Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus)
JE
Least Concern
Chestnut-breasted Malkoha (Rhamphococcyx curvirostris)
JE
Least Concern
Red-faced Malkoha (Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus)
JE
VULNERABLE
Rough-crested Cuckoo (Dasylophus superciliosus)
JE
Least Concern
Scale-feathered Cuckoo (Lepidogrammus cumingi)
JE
Least Concern
Greater Ani (Crotophaga major)
OR
Least Concern
Smooth-billed Ani (Crotophaga ani)
OR
Least Concern
Groove-billed Ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris)
OR
Least Concern
Guira Cuckoo (Guira guira)
OR
Least Concern
Striped Cuckoo (Tapera naevia)
OR
Least Concern
Lesser Ground Cuckoo (Morococcyx erythropygus)
OR
Least Concern
Pheasant Cuckoo (Dromococcyx phasianellus)
OR
Least Concern
Pavonine Cuckoo (Dromococcyx pavoninus)
OR
Least Concern
Greater Road-runner (Geococcyx californianus)
OR
Least Concern
Lesser Road-runner (Geococcyx velox)
OR
Least Concern
Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo (Neomorphus geoffroyi)
OR
Least Concern
Scaled Ground Cuckoo (Neomorphus squamiger)
OR
Near Threatened
Banded Ground Cuckoo (Neomorphus radiolosus)
OR
VULNERABLE
Rufous-winged ground Cuckoo (Neomorphus rufipennis)
OR
Least Concern
Red-billed Ground Cuckoo (Neomorphus pucheranii)
OR
Least Concern
Ground Cuckoo (Carpococcyx radiceus)
JE
Near Threatened
Sumatran Ground Cuckoo (Carpococcyx viridis)
JE
CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo (Carpococcyx renauldi)
JE
Least Concern
Giant Coua (Coua gigas)
RF
Least Concern
Coquerel's Coua (Coua coquereli)
RF
Least Concern
Rufous-breasted Coua (Coua serriana)
RF
Least Concern
Red-footed Coua (Coua reynaudii)
RF
Least Concern
Running Coua (Coua cursor)
RF
Least Concern
RF
Least Concern
Crested Coua (Coua cristata)
RF
Least Concern
Verreaux's Coua (Coua verreauxi)
RF
Near Threatened
Blue Coua (Coua caerulea)
RF
Least Concern
Buff-headed Coucal (Centropus milo)
JE
Least Concern
Giant Coucal (Centropus goliath)
JE
Least Concern
Violet Coucal (Centropus violaceus)
JE
Least Concern
Greater Coucal (Centropus menbeki)
JE
Least Concern
New Britain Coucal (Centropus ateralbus)
JE
Least Concern
Biak Island Coucal (Centropus chalybeus)
JE
Near Threatened
Pheasant Coucal (Centropus phasianinus)
JE
Least Concern
Kai Coucal (Centropus spilopterus)
JE
Least Concern
Bernstein's Coucal (Centropus bernsteini)
JE
Least Concern
Ceylon Coucal (Centropus chlororhynchus)
JE
VULNERABLE
Short-toed Coucal (Centropus rectunguis)
JE
VULNERABLE
Steere's Coucal (Centropus steerii)
JE
CRITICALLY ENDANGERED
Common Crow-Pheasant (Centropus sinensis)
JE
Least Concern
Sunda Coucal (Centropus nigrorufus)
JE
VULNERABLE
Philippine Coucal (Centropus viridis)
JE
Least Concern
Black Coucal (Centropus toulou)
RF
Least Concern
Lesser Coucal (Centropus bengalensis)
JE
Least Concern
Black-chested Coucal (Centropus grillii)
RF
Least Concern
Black-throated Coucal (Centropus leucogaster)
RF
Least Concern
Gabon Coucal (Centropus anselli)
RF
Least Concern
Blue-headed Coucal (Centropus monachus)
RF
Least Concern
Coppery-tailed Coucal (Centropus cupreicaudus)
RF
Least Concern
Senegal Coucal (Centropus senegalensis)
RF
Least Concern
RF
Least Concern
Black-faced Coucal (Centropus melanops)
JE
Least Concern
Bay Coucal (Centropus celebensis)
JE
Least Concern
Rufous Coucal (Centropus unirufus)
JE
Near Threatened

*Threat categorisations from the 2000 IUCN Red List


Total: 137 species
JE - 71 species
RF - 33 species
OR - 33 species

Please email the respective author with any information on these species.
Johannes Erritzoe
Richard Fuller
Oscar van Rootselaar