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This is a list of Cuculiformes species by global population. While numbers are estimates, they have been made by the experts in their fields. For more information on how these estimates were ascertained, see Wikipedia's articles on population biology and population ecology.
This list is incomprehensive, as not all Cuculiformes have had their numbers quantified.
The IOC World Bird List (version 15.1) recognizes 156 species of Cuculiformes, two of which are extinct. [1] This list follows IUCN classifications for species names and taxonomy. Where IUCN classifications differ from other ornithological authorities, alternative names and taxonomies are noted.
Some species included as members of Cuculiformes are extinct:
| Common name | Binomial name | Population | Status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black-hooded coucal | Centropus steerii | 150-600 [4] | CR [4] | | ||
| Cocos cuckoo | Coccyzus ferrugineus | 250-999 [5] | VU [5] | The total population is probably significantly below 1,000 individuals. [5] | | |
| Bay-breasted cuckoo | Coccyzus rufigularis | 300-2,900 [6] | EN [6] | | ||
| Sumatran ground-cuckoo | Carpococcyx viridis | 1,500-6,000 [7] | EN [7] | | ||
| Puerto Rican lizard-cuckoo | Coccyzus vieilloti | 2,200-3,000 [8] | LC [8] | Total population is estimated to be 3,300-4,600 individuals. [8] | | |
| Javan coucal (Sunda coucal) | Centropus nigrorufus | 2,500-9,999 [9] | VU [9] | | ||
| Banded ground-cuckoo | Neomorphus radiolosus | 2,500-12,000 [10] | VU [10] | | ||
| Green-billed coucal | Centropus chlororhynchus | 5,000-15,000 [11] | VU [11] | | ||
| Red-faced malkoha | Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus | 5,600-23,000 [12] | VU [12] | | ||
| Moluccan cuckoo | Cacomantis aeruginosus | 6,000-15,000 [13] | LC [13] | Values likely an underestimate, given unsurveyed subpopulations on Obi, Buru, and Seram. [13] | | |
| Violaceous coucal | Centropus violaceus | 6,700-61,000 [14] | LC [14] | | ||
| Biak coucal | Centropus chalybeus | >10,000 [15] | NT [15] | No population estimates are available. Population "is not thought to be below 10,000 mature individuals." [15] | ||
| Short-toed coucal | Centropus rectunguis | >10,000 [16] | VU [16] | The global population size has not been quantified. Population is "considered highly unlikely to meet or approach the population size threshold for listing as threatened (<10,000 mature individuals)." [16] | | |
| Lesser ground-cuckoo | Morococcyx erythropygus | 50,000-499,999 [17] | LC [17] | | ||
| Pheasant cuckoo | Dromococcyx phasianellus | 50,000-499,999 [18] | LC [18] | | ||
| Rufous-vented ground-cuckoo | Neomorphus geoffroyi | 63,000-127,000 [19] | VU [19] | Total population is estimated to be 95,000-191,000 individuals. [19] Note that IOC taxonomy splits an additional species, the scaled ground-cuckoo, from this species. [1] IUCN/BirdLife International maintain both within N. geoffroyi. [20] | | |
| Mangrove cuckoo | Coccyzus minor | 200,000 [21] | LC [21] | | ||
| Lesser roadrunner | Geococcyx velox | 500,000-4,999,999 [22] | LC [22] | | ||
| Little cuckoo | Coccycua minuta | 500,000-4,999,999 [23] | LC [23] | | ||
| Striped cuckoo | Tapera naevia | 500,000-4,999,999 [24] | LC [24] | | ||
| Greater ani | Crotophaga major | 500,000-4,999,999 [25] | LC [25] | | ||
| Oriental cuckoo | Cuculus optatus | 500,000-5,000,000 [26] | LC [26] | | ||
| Black-billed cuckoo | Coccyzus erythropthalmus | 880,000 [27] | LC [27] | | ||
| Greater roadrunner | Geococcyx californianus | 1,400,000 [28] | LC [28] | | ||
| Groove-billed ani | Crotophaga sulcirostris | 2,000,000 [29] | LC [29] | | ||
| Great spotted cuckoo | Clamator glandarius | 3,000,000-10,499,999 [30] | LC [30] | | ||
| Yellow-billed cuckoo | Coccyzus americanus | 9,600,000 [31] | LC [31] | | ||
| Smooth-billed ani | Crotophaga ani | 20,000,000 [32] | LC [32] | | ||
| Common cuckoo | Cuculus canorus | 34,600,000-54,400,000 [33] | LC [33] | Preliminary estimate. [33] | | |
| Common name | Binomial name | Population | Status | Trend | Notes | Image |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coral-billed ground-cuckoo | Carpococcyx renauldi | unknown [34] | EN [34] | | ||
| Bornean ground-cuckoo | Carpococcyx radiceus | unknown [35] | VU [35] | | ||
| Giant coua | Coua gigas | unknown [36] | VU [36] | | ||
| Black-bellied malkoha | Phaenicophaeus diardi | unknown [37] | NT [37] | | ||
| Chestnut-bellied malkoha | Phaenicophaeus sumatranus | unknown [38] | NT [38] | | ||
| Andaman coucal | Centropus andamanensis | unknown [39] | LC [39] | | ||
| Gabon coucal | Centropus anselli | unknown [40] | LC [40] | | ||
| Pied coucal (White-necked coucal) | Centropus ateralbus | unknown [41] | LC [41] | | ||
| Lesser coucal | Centropus bengalensis | unknown [42] | LC [42] | Several wide-ranging national estimates exist, but total population has not been quantified. [42] | | |
| Black-billed coucal (Lesser black coucal) | Centropus bernsteini | unknown [43] | LC [43] | | ||
| Bay coucal | Centropus celebensis | unknown [44] | LC [44] | | ||
| Coppery-tailed coucal | Centropus cupreicaudus | unknown [45] | LC [45] | | ||
| Goliath coucal | Centropus goliath | unknown [46] | LC [46] | | ||
| Black coucal | Centropus grillii | unknown [47] | LC [47] | | ||
| Black-throated coucal | Centropus leucogaster | unknown [48] | LC [48] | | ||
| Black-faced coucal | Centropus melanops | unknown [49] | LC [49] | | ||
| Ivory-billed coucal (Greater black coucal) | Centropus menbeki | unknown [50] | LC [50] | | ||
| Buff-headed coucal | Centropus milo | unknown [51] | LC [51] | | ||
| Blue-headed coucal | Centropus monachus | unknown [52] | LC [52] | | ||
| Pheasant coucal | Centropus phasianinus | unknown [53] | LC [53] | | ||
| Senegal coucal | Centropus senegalensis | unknown [54] | LC [54] | | ||
| Greater coucal | Centropus sinensis | unknown [55] | LC [55] | Two wide-ranging national estimates exist, but total population has not been quantified. [55] | | |
| Kai coucal | Centropus spilopterus | unknown [56] | LC [56] | | ||
| White-browed coucal | Centropus superciliosus | unknown [57] | LC [57] | Note that IOC taxonomy splits an additional species, Burchell's coucal, from this species. [1] IUCN/BirdLife International maintain both within C. superciliosus. [20] | | |
| Malagasy coucal | Centropus toulou | unknown [58] | LC [58] | | ||
| Rufous coucal | Centropus unirufus | unknown [59] | LC [59] | | ||
| Philippine coucal | Centropus viridis | unknown [60] | LC [60] | | ||
| Chattering yellowbill (Blue malkoha) | Ceuthmochares aereus | unknown [61] | LC [61] | Note that IOC taxonomy splits an additional species, the green malkoha, from this species. [1] IUCN/BirdLife International maintain both within C. aereus. [20] | | |
| Horsfield's bronze-cuckoo | Chalcites basalis | unknown [62] | LC [62] | | ||
| Long-billed cuckoo | Chalcites megarhynchus | unknown [63] | LC [63] | | ||
| Black-eared cuckoo | Chalcites osculans | unknown [64] | LC [64] | | ||
| Diederik cuckoo | Chrysococcyx caprius | unknown [65] | LC [65] | | ||
| African emerald cuckoo | Chrysococcyx cupreus | unknown [66] | LC [66] | | ||
| Yellow-throated cuckoo | Chrysococcyx flavigularis | unknown [67] | LC [67] | | ||
| Klaas's cuckoo | Chrysococcyx klaas | unknown [68] | LC [68] | | ||
| Asian emerald cuckoo | Chrysococcyx maculatus | unknown [69] | LC [69] | | ||
| Violet cuckoo | Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus | unknown [70] | LC [70] | | ||
| Chestnut-winged cuckoo | Clamator coromandus | unknown [71] | LC [71] | A wide-ranging national estimate exists for China, but total population has not been quantified. [71] | | |
| Jacobin cuckoo | Clamator jacobinus | unknown [72] | LC [72] | | ||
| Levaillant's cuckoo | Clamator levaillantii | unknown [73] | LC [73] | | ||
| Ash-colored cuckoo | Coccycua cinerea | unknown [74] | LC [74] | | ||
| Dwarf cuckoo | Coccycua pumila | unknown [75] | LC [75] | | ||
| Pearly-breasted cuckoo | Coccyzus euleri | unknown [76] | LC [76] | | ||
| Grey-capped cuckoo | Coccyzus lansbergi | unknown [77] | LC [77] | | ||
| Hispaniolan lizard-cuckoo | Coccyzus longirostris | unknown [78] | LC [78] | | ||
| Dark-billed cuckoo | Coccyzus melacoryphus | unknown [79] | LC [79] | | ||
| Cuban lizard-cuckoo (Great lizard cuckoo) | Coccyzus merlini | unknown [80] | LC [80] | | ||
| Chestnut-bellied cuckoo | Coccyzus pluvialis | unknown [81] | LC [81] | | ||
| Jamaican lizard-cuckoo | Coccyzus vetula | unknown [82] | LC [82] | | ||
| Blue coua | Coua caerulea | unknown [83] | LC [83] | | ||
| Coquerel's coua | Coua coquereli | unknown [84] | LC [84] | | ||
| Crested coua | Coua cristata | unknown [85] | LC [85] | | ||
| Running coua | Coua cursor | unknown [86] | LC [86] | | ||
| Olive-capped coua | Coua olivaceiceps | unknown [87] | LC [87] | | ||
| Red-fronted coua | Coua reynaudii | unknown [88] | LC [88] | | ||
| Red-capped coua | Coua ruficeps | unknown [89] | LC [89] | | ||
| Red-breasted coua | Coua serriana | unknown [90] | LC [90] | | ||
| Verreaux's coua | Coua verreauxi | unknown [91] | LC [91] | | ||
| Scale-feathered malkoha | Dasylophus cumingi | unknown [92] | LC [92] | IUCN/BirdLife International place species in genus Lepidogrammus. [92] | | |
| Red-crested malkoha (Rough-crested malkoha) | Dasylophus superciliosus | unknown [93] | LC [93] | | ||
| Pavonine cuckoo | Dromococcyx pavoninus | unknown [94] | LC [94] | | ||
| Eastern koel (Pacific koel) | Eudynamys orientalis | unknown [95] | LC [95] | Note that IOC taxonomy splits an additional species, the black-billed koel, from this species. [1] IUCN/BirdLife International maintain both within E. orientalis. [20] | | |
| Western koel (Asian koel) | Eudynamys scolopaceus | unknown [96] | LC [96] | | ||
| Guira cuckoo | Guira guira | unknown [97] | LC [97] | | ||
| Red-billed ground-cuckoo | Neomorphus pucheranii | unknown [98] | LC [98] | | ||
| Rufous-winged ground-cuckoo | Neomorphus rufipennis | unknown [99] | LC [99] | | ||
| Dwarf koel | Microdynamis parva | unknown [100] | LC [100] | | ||
| Thick-billed cuckoo | Pachycoccyx audeberti | unknown [101] | LC [101] | | ||
| Chestnut-breasted malkoha | Phaenicophaeus curvirostris | unknown [102] | LC [102] | | ||
| Mentawai malkoha | Phaenicophaeus oeneicaudus | unknown [103] | LC [103] | |||
| Green-billed malkoha | Phaenicophaeus tristis | unknown [104] | LC [104] | | ||
| Blue-faced malkoha | Phaenicophaeus viridirostris | unknown [105] | LC [105] | | ||
| Common squirrel-cuckoo | Piaya cayana | unknown [106] | LC [106] | The global population has not been quantified due to recent taxonomic splits. [106] Note that IOC taxonomy maintains this species as a single species with P. mexicana. [1] | | |
| Mexican squirrel-cuckoo | Piaya mexicana | unknown [107] | LC [107] | The global population has not been quantified due to recent taxonomic splits. [107] Note that IOC taxonomy maintains this species as a single species with P. cayana. [1] | | |
| Black-bellied cuckoo | Piaya melanogaster | unknown [108] | LC [108] | | ||
| Yellow-billed malkoha | Rhamphococcyx calyorhynchus | unknown [109] | LC [109] | | ||
| Raffles's malkoha | Rhinortha chlorophaea | unknown [110] | LC [110] | | ||
| Channel-billed cuckoo | Scythrops novaehollandiae | unknown [111] | LC [111] | | ||
| Sirkeer malkoha | Taccocua leschenaultii | unknown [112] | LC [112] | | ||
| Long-tailed koel | Urodynamis taitensis | unknown [113] | LC [113] | | ||
| Red-billed malkoha | Zanclostomus javanicus | unknown [114] | LC [114] | | ||