List of birds of North America (Cuculiformes)

Order: CuculiformesFamily: Cuculidae

The family Cuculidae includes cuckoos, roadrunners and anis. These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails and strong legs.

  • Bay-breasted cuckoo, Coccyzus rufigularis
  • Black-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus erythropthalmus
  • Chestnut-bellied cuckoo, Coccyzus pluvialis
  • Cocos cuckoo, Coccyzus ferrugineus
  • Common cuckoo, Cuculus canorus (A)
  • Dark-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus melacoryphus
  • Dwarf cuckoo, Coccycua pumila
  • Gray-capped cuckoo, Coccyzus lansbergi
  • Great lizard cuckoo, Coccyzus merlini
  • Greater ani, Crotophaga major
  • Greater roadrunner, Geococcyx californianus
  • Groove-billed ani, Crotophaga sulcirostris
  • Hispaniolan lizard cuckoo, Coccyzus longirostris
  • Lesser ground cuckoo, Morococcyx erythropygus
  • Lesser roadrunner, Geococcyx velox *Little cuckoo, Coccycua minuta
  • Mangrove cuckoo, Coccyzus minor
  • Oriental cuckoo, Cuculus optatus (A)
  • Pearly-breasted cuckoo, Coccyzus euleri (A)
  • Pheasant cuckoo, Dromococcyx phasianellus
  • Puerto Rican lizard cuckoo, Coccyzus vieilloti
  • Rufous-vented ground cuckoo, Neomorphus geoffroyi (ssp. dulcis: )
  • Smooth-billed ani, Crotophaga ani
  • Squirrel cuckoo, Piaya cayana
  • Striped cuckoo, Tapera naevia
  • Yellow-billed cuckoo, Coccyzus americanus