Cuculiformes is the bird order of cuckoos and roadrunners, comprising a single family, Cuculidae, with about 150 species in 33 genera, including the common cuckoo, roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals and anis. Together with the turacos and the bustards, Cuculiformes forms the larger grouping Otidimorphae.
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Living or Extinct Taxonomic Rank Connections
Parent Taxon Of
Source African emerald cuckoo (Wikidata)
Source Black-billed cuckoo (Wikidata)
Source Mangrove cuckoo (Wikidata)
Source Puerto Rican lizard cuckoo (Wikidata)
Source Red-billed malkoha (Wikidata)
Source Thick-billed cuckoo (Wikidata)
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1. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ183364, descriptionView the Source 2. Wikipedia: Cuckoo
Taxonomic rank (Wikipedia confirms the entity; rank from slug/structure-wave classification)View the Source Wikidata: Cuculiformes
Red-billed malkoha (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Red-billed malkoha, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Black-billed cuckoo (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Black-billed cuckoo, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Mangrove cuckoo (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Mangrove cuckoo, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source African emerald cuckoo (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: African emerald cuckoo, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Puerto Rican lizard cuckoo (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Puerto Rican lizard cuckoo, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Thick-billed cuckoo (Wikidata)
WikidataParent Taxon Of: Thick-billed cuckoo, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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