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  2. List of cuckoos - Wikipedia

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    Binomial name + authority IOC sequence Guira cuckoo: Guira guira (Gmelin, JF, 1788) 1 Greater ani: Crotophaga major Gmelin, JF, 1788: 2 Smooth-billed ani: Crotophaga ani Linnaeus, 1758: 3 Groove-billed ani: Crotophaga sulcirostris Swainson, 1827: 4 Striped cuckoo: Tapera naevia (Linnaeus, 1766) 5 Pheasant cuckoo: Dromococcyx phasianellus (Spix ...

  3. Ani (bird) - Wikipedia

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    The anis are the three species of birds in the genus Crotophaga of the cuckoo family. They are essentially tropical New World birds, although the range of two species just reaches the United States. [1] [2] Unlike some cuckoos, the anis are not brood parasites, but nest communally, the cup nest being built by several pairs from 2–6 m high in ...

  4. Common cuckoo - Wikipedia

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    Many local legends and traditions are based on this. In Scotland, gowk stanes (cuckoo stones) sometimes associated with the arrival of the first cuckoo of spring. "Gowk" is an old name for the common cuckoo in northern England, [47] derived from the harsh repeated "gowk" call the bird makes when excited. [4]

  5. Cuculus - Wikipedia

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    The genus name is the Latin word for "cuckoo". [2] [3] The type species is the common cuckoo (Cuculus canorus). [4] ... These birds are of variable size with slender ...

  6. Smooth-billed ani - Wikipedia

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    The smooth-billed ani (Crotophaga ani) is a bird in the cuckoo family. It is a resident breeding species from southern Florida , the Caribbean , parts of Central America , south to western Ecuador , Brazil , northern Argentina and southern Chile . [ 2 ]

  7. List of birds by common name - Wikipedia

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    In this list of birds by common name 11,278 extant and recently extinct (since 1500) bird species are recognised. [1] Species marked with a "†" are extinct. Contents

  8. Groove-billed ani - Wikipedia

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    The groove-billed ani (Crotophaga sulcirostris) is a tropical bird in the cuckoo family with a long tail and a large, curved beak.It is a resident species throughout most of its range, from southern Texas, central Mexico and The Bahamas, through Central America, to northern Colombia and Venezuela, and coastal Ecuador and Peru.

  9. Cuckoo - Wikipedia

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    The chestnut-breasted malkoha is typical of the Phaenicophaeinae in having brightly coloured skin around the eye.. Cuckoos are medium-sized birds that range in size from the little bronze cuckoo, at 17 g (0.6 oz) and 15 cm (6 in), to moderately large birds, ranging from 60–80 cm (24–31 in) in length, such as the giant coua of Madagascar, the coral-billed ground-cuckoo of Indochina, and ...