Neomorphinae

"Ground cuckoo" redirects here. For the Asian ground cuckoos, see Carpococcyx.

Neomorphinae
Greater Roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)
Scientific classification
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 built their own nest.

Genera

• Genus Dromococcyx
  • D. pavoninus Pelzeln, 1870 - Pavonine Cuckoo
  • D. phasianellus (Spix, 1824) - Pheasant Cuckoo

• Genus Geococcyx Wagler, 1831
  • G. californianus (Lesson, 1829) - Greater Roadrunner
  • G. velox (Wagner, 1836) - Lesser Roadrunner

• Genus Morococcyx
  • M. erythropygus (Lesson, 1842) - Lesser Ground Cuckoo

• Genus Neomorphus Gloger, 1827
  • N. geoffroyi (Temminck, 1820) - Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo
  • N. pucheranii Deville, 1851 - Red-billed Ground Cuckoo
  • N. radiolosus Sclater & Salvin, 1878 - Banded Ground Cuckoo
  • N. rufipennis (Gray, 1849) - Rufous-winged Ground Cuckoo
  • N. squamiger (Todd, 1925) - Scaled Ground Cuckoo
• Genus Tapera
  • T. naevia (Linnaeus, 1766) - Striped Cuckoo

References

1. ^ Myers, P. R.; C. S. Parr; T. Jones; G. S. Hammond; T. A. Dewey. "Neomorphinae (New World ground cuckoos)". Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan. http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Neomorphinae.html. Retrieved 2009-08-12.