Neomorphinae
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| Neomorphinae Temporal range: Early Oligocene to recent
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| Greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Subfamily: | Neomorphinae Shelley, 1891 |
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Neomorphinae is a subfamily of the cuckoo family, Cuculidae. Members of this subfamily are known as New World ground cuckoos, since most are largely terrestrial and native to the Americas.[1] Only Dromococcyx and Tapera are more arboreal, and these are also the only brood parasitic cuckoos in the Americas, while the remaining all build their own nest.
Genera
- Genus Dromococcyx
- D. pavoninus Pelzeln, 1870 – pavonine cuckoo
- D. phasianellus (Spix, 1824) – pheasant cuckoo
- Genus Geococcyx Wagler, 1831
- G. californianus (Lesson, 1829) – greater roadrunner
- G. velox (Wagner, 1836) – lesser roadrunner
- Genus Morococcyx
- M. erythropygus (Lesson, 1842) – lesser ground cuckoo
- Genus Neomorphus Gloger, 1827
- N. geoffroyi (Temminck, 1820) – rufous-vented ground cuckoo
- N. pucheranii Deville, 1851 – red-billed ground cuckoo
- N. radiolosus Sclater & Salvin, 1878 – banded ground cuckoo
- N. rufipennis (Gray, 1849) – rufous-winged ground cuckoo
- N. squamiger (Todd, 1925) – scaled ground cuckoo
- Genus Tapera
- T. naevia (Linnaeus, 1766) – striped cuckoo
References
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