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** ''D. pavoninus'' <small>Pelzeln, 1870</small> – [[pavonine cuckoo]]
** ''D. pavoninus'' <small>Pelzeln, 1870</small> – [[pavonine cuckoo]]
** ''D. phasianellus'' <small>([[Johann Baptist von Spix|Spix]], 1824)</small> – [[pheasant cuckoo]]
** ''D. phasianellus'' <small>([[Johann Baptist von Spix|Spix]], 1824)</small> – [[pheasant cuckoo]]

* '''Genus ''[[Geococcyx]]''''' <small>[[Johann Georg Wagler|Wagler]], 1831</small>
* '''Genus ''[[Geococcyx]]''''' <small>[[Johann Georg Wagler|Wagler]], 1831</small>
** ''G. californianus'' <small>([[Rene Primevere Lesson|Lesson]], 1829)</small> – [[greater roadrunner]]
** ''G. californianus'' <small>([[Rene Primevere Lesson|Lesson]], 1829)</small> – [[greater roadrunner]]
** ''G. velox'' <small>([[Johann Andreas Wagner|Wagner]], 1836)</small> – [[lesser roadrunner]]
** ''G. velox'' <small>([[Johann Andreas Wagner|Wagner]], 1836)</small> – [[lesser roadrunner]]

* '''Genus ''Morococcyx''''' <small></small>
* '''Genus ''Morococcyx''''' <small></small>
** ''M. erythropygus'' <small>(Lesson, 1842)</small> – [[lesser ground cuckoo]]
** ''M. erythropygus'' <small>(Lesson, 1842)</small> – [[lesser ground cuckoo]]

* '''Genus ''[[Neomorphus]]''''' <small>[[Constantin Wilhelm Lambert Gloger|Gloger]], 1827</small>
* '''Genus ''[[Neomorphus]]''''' <small>[[Constantin Wilhelm Lambert Gloger|Gloger]], 1827</small>
** ''N. geoffroyi'' <small>([[Coenraad Jacob Temminck|Temminck]], 1820)</small> – [[rufous-vented ground cuckoo]]
** ''N. geoffroyi'' <small>([[Coenraad Jacob Temminck|Temminck]], 1820)</small> – [[rufous-vented ground cuckoo]]
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[[Category:Neomorphinae|*]]



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Revision as of 22:21, 17 March 2016

Neomorphinae
Temporal range: Early Oligocene to recent
Greater roadrunner
(Geococcyx californianus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Subfamily: Neomorphinae
Shelley, 1891
Genera

Dromococcyx
Geococcyx
Morococcyx
Neomorphus
Tapera

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

References

  1. ^ Myers, P. R.; Parr, C. S.; Jones, T.; Hammond, G. S.; Dewey, T. A. "Neomorphinae (New World ground cuckoos)". Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan. Retrieved 2009-08-12.