Big Zigzag - Drilldown into Families
Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
11 members seen during BigZZ, 1 lifer. My global status of this 156 species family is 81 (52%).
Genus level:
- Cuckoo (Cacomantis) – 1 seen (Fan-tailed Cuckoo). 10 sp. genus globally.
- Bronze-Cuckoo/Cuckoo (Chalcites) – 4 seen, 1 lifer (Shining, Little, Horsfield’s Bronze-Cuckoos; Black-eared Cuckoo). 7 sp. genus globally.
- Pallid Cuckoo (Heteroscenes) – 1 seen (Pallid Cuckoo) – monotype genus.
- Coucal (Centropus) – 1 seen (Pheasant Coucal). 28 sp. genus globally.
- Koel (Eudynamys) – 1 seen (Pacific Koel). 3 sp. genus.
- Cuckoo (Cacomantis) – 2 seen (Chestnut-breasted, Sahul Brush Cuckoos). 11 sp. genus.
Channel-billed Cuckoo (Scythrops) – 1 seen (Channel-billed Cuckoo). monotype genus.
