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 Parvclass Coliae
    Order COLIIFORMES
              Family Coliidae

Order COLIIFORMES
Family COLIIDAE
Subfamily COLIINAE

Colius striatus  SPECKLED MOUSEBIRD.  Forest edge, open woods, second growth.  C, s Africa in Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Zaire, C. African Rep. and s,e Sudan to Ethiopia, Eritrea, s Somalia, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Mozambique, s to n Angola, Zambia, e Zimbabwe, se Botswana and S. Africa, exc. nw Cape Prov.
Colius leucocephalus  WHITE-HEADED MOUSEBIRD.  Dry thorn bush, scrub.  E. Africa in s Ethiopia, s Somalia, Kenya and ne Tanzania in the Mt. Kilimanjaro area.
Colius castanotus  RED-BACKED MOUSEBIRD.  Forest edge, open woods, second growth.  Wc Africa in Cabinda at the mouth of the Congo R. and w Angola s to Moçâmedes.
Colius colius  WHITE-BACKED MOUSEBIRD.  Dry savanna.  S Africa in c,s Namibia, s Botswana and S. Africa e to c Transvaal, e Orange Free State, w Lesotho and e Cape Province.

Subfamily UROCOLIINAE:

Urocolius macrourus  BLUE-NAPED MOUSEBIRD.  Semi-arid woods, thorn bush.  In w Mauritania, s Mali, Senegambia, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Benin, Niger, n Nigeria, Cameroon, Chad, and Sudan to Ethiopia, Eritrea, Djibouti and Somalia, s to extreme ne,ce Zaire, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, Kenya and sw,sc Tanzania.
Urocolius indicus  RED-FACED MOUSEBIRD.  Semi-arid woods, thorn bush.  From w,s Angola, Zambia, se Zaire, Malawi and s Tanzania to Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Namibia and s to s S. Africa.

Parvclass Passerae
  Superorder Cuculimorphae
    Order CUCULIFORMES
        Infraorder Cuculides
          Parvorder Cuculida
            Superfamily Cuculoidea
              Family Cuculidae:
            Superfamily Centropodoidea
              Family Centropodidae
          Parvorder Coccyzida
              Family Coccyzidae
        Infraorder Crotophagides
          Parvorder Crotophagida
              Family Crotophagidae
                  Tribe Crotophagini
                  Tribe Guirini
          Parvorder Neomorphida
              Family Neomorphidae
          Parvorder Opisthocomida
              Family Opisthocomidae
 

Order CUCULIFORMES
Family CUCULIDAE

Clamator jacobinus  PIED CUCKOO.  Woodland, deciduous forest, scrub, farmlands.  Sometimes placed in the genus Oxylophus.  The two widely allopatric populations may be separate species.
C. j. pica  Senegambia, s Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, s Niger, Cameroon, Gabon, C. Afr. Rep., s Chad, s Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Zaire, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and S. Africa.  Incl. C. serratus, which seems to be a black morph in e,s Africa, not a separate species.
 C. j. jacobinus  Lowlands and mts. to 4300 m from e Iran and Afghanistan e through Pakistan, India, Nepal and s Tibet to c,s Burma.
Clamator levaillantii  LEVAILLANT'S CUCKOO.  Humid woodland, open forest.  Senegambia, s Mali, s Mauritania, Burkina Faso, e to sw Niger, Nigeria, sw Chad and s Sudan to Ethiopia, Eritrea and s in all countries to n Namibia, n,e, Botswana and n S. Africa.  Recorded in all subSaharan African countries except Djibouti and Somalia.  Sometimes placed in Oxylophus.
Clamator coromandus  CHESTNUT-WINGED CUCKOO.  Scrub, open forest, woodland.  Lowlands and Himalayan foothills, 750-2450 m in n,e India, s,e China, Burma and Indochina.
Clamator glandarius  GREAT SPOTTED CUCKOO.  Open woodland, savanna, scrub, olive groves.  In w Mediterranean region (Iberian Pen., s France, cw Italy, Sardinia, and from Morocco to Tunisia; from Turkey and Cyprus, e through n Iraq to sw Iran, and s to n Egypt and Near East.  Senegambia, s Mali, s Mauritania, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, s Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, C. Afr. Rep., s Chad and c,s Sudan to Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Zaire, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Angola, Botswana, Zimbabwe and S. Africa.  Definite breeding known in n savanna areas, lowlands of w,e Africa, and s Africa s to lat. 27°S in w Cape Prov., Transvaal and Natal.  Parasitize corvids and sturnids.
Pachycoccyx audeberti  THICK-BILLED CUCKOO.  Woodland, forest edge, dense scrub.  Locally in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Nigeria, C. Afr. Rep., Gabon, Congo, cw,cn,ne Zaire, Rwanda, Uganda, Tanzania and se Kenya s to Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, s Angola, Zimbabwe and e S. Africa.  Formerly in Madagascar.
Cuculus crassirostris  SULAWESI HAWK-CUCKOO.  Forest, woodland.  Mts., 500-1400 m, of Sulawesi.
Cuculus sparverioides   LARGE HAWK-CUCKOO.  Forest, open woodland, thickets, pine.  Mts., 900-2750 m from n Pakistan, n,e India, se Tibet, s,se China and Taiwan s through se Asia to Sumatra and Borneo.
Cuculus varius  COMMON HAWK-CUCKOO.  Open scrub, open forest, farmlands.  Lowlands to 1800 m in India, Sri Lanka and w Burma.
Cuculus vagans  MOUSTACHED HAWK-CUCKOO.  Forest, second growth.  Lowlands to 900 m in Malay Pen., Mergui Arch., Sumatra (probably), Borneo and Java.
Cuculus fugax   HODGSON'S HAWK-CUCKOO.  Forest, second growth, bamboo.  From n,e India from Nepal e to Arunachal Pradesh and s to Bangladesh, Manipur and Nagaland, and s,se China s to s,e Burma, Malay Pen., Thailand, n,s Vietnam (Tonkin, s Annam, Con Son Is.), Sumatra, Java and Borneo.
Cuculus hyperythrus  NORTHERN HAWK-CUCKOO.  Forest, second growth, bamboo.  Lowlands and foothills to 1800 m in ne China, se Siberia and Japan in c Honshu and probably Hokkaido.
Cuculus pectoralis  PHILIPPINE HAWK-CUCKOO.  Philippines on Luzon, Mindoro, Tablas, Catanduanes, Ticao, Cagayancillo, Negros, Cebu, Bohol, Mindanao and Jolo.
Cuculus solitarius  RED-CHESTED CUCKOO.  Forest, open woodland.  Senegambia, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria, Gulf of Guinea Is., Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, C. African Rep., n,ne Zaire, s Chad, s Sudan, w,c Ethiopia, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Angola and South Africa.
Cuculus clamosus  BLACK CUCKOO. Open woodland, forest.  Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Congo, s Chad, C. African Rep., n,ne Zaire, s Sudan, w,c Ethiopia, Eritrea, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, w,c Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, s Angola, Namibia and s to s S. Africa.
Cuculus micropterus  INDIAN CUCKOO.  Forest, second growth.  Lowlands and mts. to 3700 m from ne Pakistan, n,e India, e China and se Siberia, s to Andaman and Nicobar islands, se Asia, Sumatra, Java, and Borneo.  Possibly resident in Sri Lanka.
Cuculus canorus  COMMON CUCKOO.  Open woodland, forest edge, towns, taiga, steppe forest, scrubby areas, bush.  From British Isles and n Scandinavia e across n Russia and n Siberia to Anadyrland and Kamchatka, and s to nw Africa from Morocco to Tunisia, n Mediterranean region incl. most islands, Turkey, Near and Middle East, Pakistan, n India (Himalayas to 5250 m from Kashmir e to Sikkim), n,c Burma, s China, Hainan I., n Vietnam in Tonkin, Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu) and Kuril Is.  Vagrant or rare migrant in w Alaska.  Winters s to s Africa, India, se Asia, Philippines and, rarely, Greater Sunda Is. and w Micronesia.
Cuculus gularis  AFRICAN CUCKOO.  Savanna, open woodland, forest.  S Mauritania, Senegambia, s Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Benin,sw Niger, Nigeria, Niger, Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, Zaire, C. Afr. Rep., s Chad, s Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Angola, Namibia and South Africa.
Cuculus saturatus  ORIENTAL CUCKOO.  Forest, edge, heavy woodland, thickets, second growth.  From nc Russia e through n Siberia to Anadyrland and Kamchatka, and s to sw Siberia, n Mongolia, e,s China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan and Kuril Is.; lowlands to 1500 m in Malaya, Sumatra, Borneo, Java and Lesser Sunda Is.  Vagrant or rare migrant in w Alaska.  Resident Malaysian populations (lepidus) formerly were treated as a subspecies of C. poliocephalus.
The northern migratory race (horsfieldi) meets the nominate race (C. s. saturatus) in China with little or no intergradation, but the contact has not been studied in detail.
Cuculus poliocephalus  LESSER CUCKOO.  Forest, edge, woodland, second growth, scrub.  Lowlands and mts. to 4000 m in Himalayan foothills in n Pakistan, n,ne India, Burma, e,c,s China,
se Siberia, Korea and Japan.  Winters mainly from India to se Asia.  A few winter records in Africa.
Cuculus rochii  MADAGASCAR CUCKOO.  Forest, edge, woodland, second growth, scrub.  Lowlands to 1800 m of Madagascar.  Migrant or vagrant records in Zaire, Rwanda, Zambia and Malawi.
Cuculus pallidus  PALLID CUCKOO.  Open forest, woodland, scrub, mangroves, towns.  Australia, including Tasmania and coastal islands.  Winters in coastal w,n,e Australia, Lesser Sundas and New Guinea.
Cercococcyx mechowi  DUSKY LONG-TAILED CUCKOO.  Humid forest.  Lowlands in Sierra Leone, se Guinea, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, s Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, C. Afr. Rep., n,ne Zaire and Uganda, and s to nw Angola and sc,ce Zaire.
Cercococcyx olivinus  OLIVE LONG-TAILED CUCKOO.  Humid forest.  Lowlands in Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Nigeria, s Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, n,ne Zaire, Uganda, s to nw Angola, sc,se,ce Zaire and extreme nw Zambia.
Cercococcyx montanus  BARRED LONG-TAILED CUCKOO. Humid forest.  Mts. above 1600 m in ne,ce Zaire, sw Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi and c Kenya; lowlands from se Kenya s through e Tanzania and Malawi to Zambia and sw,c Mozambique.
Cacomantis sonneratii  BANDED BAY CUCKOO.  Forest, scrub, second growth, farmlands.  Lowlands and mts. to 2400 m from ne Pakistan, India and sc China s throughout se Asia to Sri Lanka, Sumatra, Borneo, Java, and sw Philippines on Palawan.
Cacomantis passerinus  GREY-BELLIED CUCKOO.  Woodland, forest edge, scrub, second growth, farmlands.  Lowlands to 2450 m in ne Pakistan and India.
Sometimes included in merulinus.
Cacomantis merulinus  PLAINTIVE CUCKOO.  Open woodland, scrub, second growth, towns.  Lowlands and mts. to 3000 m from e India and s China s through se Asia to Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi and Philippines.
Cacomantis sepulcralis  RUSTY-BREASTED CUCKOO.  Forest, woodland, farmlands.  Lowlands in Malay Pen., Sumatra, Borneo, Java, Sulawesi, Lesser Sunda Is. and Philippines.  Sometimes included in merulinus.
Cacomantis variolosus  BRUSH CUCKOO.  Forest, woodland, savanna, mangroves.  Lowlands to 1000 m in Timor, Moluccas, Aru and Kai is., New Guinea, Bismarck Arch., Solomon Is., and n,e,se Australia from ne W. Australia e to Queensland and s to Victoria.
Cacomantis castaneiventris  CHESTNUT-BREASTED CUCKOO.  Humid forest, scrub, mangroves.  Lowlands to 2500 m in w Papuan is., Aru Is., New Guinea, and ne Australia in ne Queensland along coastal e Cape York Pen. s to Cooktown area.
Cacomantis heinrichi  MOLUCCAN CUCKOO.  Forest.  Mts., 1000-1500 m, of n Moluccas.
Cacomantis flabelliformis  FAN-TAILED CUCKOO.  Forest, edge, second growth, mangroves, orchards, towns.  Mts., 1200-3900 m in New Guinea and lowlands of Aru and Solomon is., New Hebrides, New Caledonia, Loyalty and Fiji is., and e,s,sw Australia from n Queensland s to Victoria and w to s S. Australia; sw W. Australia.
Rhamphomantis megarhynchus  LONG-BILLED CUCKOO.  Humid forest.  Lowlands in Aru and w Papuan is., and locally lowlands and valleys of New Guinea.
Chrysococcyx minutillus  LITTLE BRONZE-CUCKOO.  Forest, edge, woodland, swamps, mangroves.  Lowlands in s Indochina, Malay Pen., Sumatra, e Borneo, w Java, Peleng, Moluccas, Lesser Sunda Is., Kai Is., and coastal n,ne Australia from ne W. Australia e to n Queensland, and coastal Queensland s to ne New S. Wales.
Chrysococcyx russatus  GOULD'S BRONZE-CUCKOO.  Thickets, open scrub, humid forest, edge, mangroves, savanna, towns.  Lowlands to 800 m in Borneo, c,s Sulawesi, s Philippines (Negros, Mindanao, Basilan, Sulu Arch.), Lesser Sunda Is. (Flores, Timor), Aru Is., w Papuan Is., New Guinea, D'Entrecasteaux Arch. and Trobriand Is. and other coastal islands; ne Australia in ne Queensland on e coast of Cape York s to Bowen  Usually considered conspecific with minutillus because of extensive interbreeding in n Australia, but the two are sympatric without interbreeding in Borneo, but this sympatry may be the result of migrant individuals present in the same area; thus status unclear.
Chrysococcyx rufomerus  GREEN-CHEEKED BRONZE-CUCKOO.  Scrub, woodland.  Lowlands of e Lesser Sunda Is.
Chrysococcyx crassirostris  PIED BRONZE-CUCKOO.  Scrub, woodland.  Lowlands in Tanimbar and Kai is. (exc. Kai Besar), possibly in the Moluccas and w New Guinea, perhaps as vagrants.
Chrysococcyx lucidus  SHINING BRONZE-CUCKOO.  Forest, woodland, scrub, orchards, towns.  Lowlands from n Queensland s to Victoria, and w to s S. Australia; sw W. Australia; in Santa Cruz and Banks is., Vanuatu, Loyalty Is., New Caledonia, Solomon Is., New Zealand and Chatham Is. n to Lesser Sunda Is. and New Guinea; and to se Australia, and n to Solomon Is.
Chrysococcyx basalis  HORSFIELD'S BRONZE-CUCKOO.  Open woodland, scrub, mallee, mulga, mangroves, orchards, towns.  Australia, including Tasmania.
Chrysococcyx ruficollis  RUFOUS-THROATED BRONZE-CUCKOO.  Humid forest.  Mts., 1300-3200 m, of New Guinea.
Chrysococcyx meyeri  WHITE-EARED BRONZE-CUCKOO.  Forest, second growth.  Lowlands to 1800 m in w Papuan is. and New Guinea.
Chrysococcyx maculatus  ASIAN EMERALD CUCKOO.  Forest, second growth, scrub.  Lowlands and mts. to 3300 m in Himalayan foothills of n,e India, se Tibet, s China, Burma and nw Thailand.
Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus  VIOLET CUCKOO.  Forest, edge, orchards.  Lowlands to 1500 m from e India, sc China, Burma and Indochina s through Malay Pen. to Andaman and Nicobar is., Sumatra and adj. islands, Borneo, Java, and Philippines on Luzon, Catanduanes, Mindoro, Palawan, Samar, Leyte, Cebu, Mindanao and Basilan.
Chrysococcyx osculans  BLACK-EARED CUCKOO.  Dry woodland, scrub, mallee, mulga, samphire flats, riparian thickets.  Int. Australia and drier coastal areas.
Chrysococcyx flavigularis  YELLOW-THROATED CUCKOO.  Humid forest.  Locally in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo Nigeria and Congo forest from s Cameroon, Gabon, sw C. African Rep., n,ne Zaire, sw Sudan and w Uganda s to Congo Rep. and sw,ce Zaire.
Chrysococcyx klaas  KLAAS'S CUCKOO.  Open woodland, savanna.  Senegambia, s Mauritania, e across s Mali, s Niger, Cameroon, Bioko I., s Chad and s Sudan to Ethiopia, Eritrea and Somalia, and s to s S. Africa.  Recorded in every subSaharan African country except Niger, Djibouti and Equatorial Guinea.  Migrates to Yeman and may breed there.
Chrysococcyx cupreus  AFRICAN EMERALD CUCKOO.  Humid forest, dense bush, riverine forest, savanna.  S Mali, Guinea-Bissau, Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Togo, Nigeria, Cameroon, Bioko I., Príncipe and São Tomé is., Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo, Zaire, s Sudan, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia, Malawi, Mozambique, n Angola, ne Namibia, extreme n Botswana, Zimbabwe and e,s S. Africa.
Chrysococcyx caprius  DIDERIC CUCKOO.  Open woodland, acacia savanna, villages.  From extreme sw Mauritania, Senegambia e across s Mali, s Niger, Cameroon, Bioko I., s Chad, s Sudan to Ethiopia, Somalia and se Arabia, and s to s S. Africa.  Recorded in every subSaharan African country except Djibouti.
Caliechthrus leucolophus  WHITE-CROWNED KOEL.  Forest, edge.  Lowlands to 1500 m in w Papuan is. and New Guinea.
Surniculus lugubris  DRONGO CUCKOO.  Open scrub, second growth, open forest, bamboo.  Lowlands to 2000 m from n,e India e to s China, and s through se Asia to Greater Sunda Is., Philippines and n Moluccas.
Microdynamis parva  DWARF KOEL.  Humid forest.  Lowlands to 1450 m in New Guinea and D'Entrecasteaux Arch.


Sibley's Sequence - 11
segue Cuculidae