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Neomorphidae

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In biological classification, Neomorphidae is a proposed family of birds, separating the ground cuckoos (including roadrunners) from the rest of the cuckoo family. It is traditionally nested within the family Cuculidae as the subfamily Neomorphinae.

Roadrunners

  • 1321 Tapera naevia striped cuckoo
  • 1322 Morococcyx erythropygus lesser ground-cuckoo
  • 1323 Dromococcyx phasianellus pheasant cuckoo
  • 1324 Dromococcyx pavoninus pavonine cuckoo
  • 1325 Geococcyx californianus greater roadrunner
  • 1326 Geococcyx velox lesser roadrunner
  • 1327 Neomorphus geoffroyi rufous-vented ground-cuckoo
  • 1328 Neomorphus squamiger scaled ground-cuckoo
  • 1329 Neomorphus radiolosus banded ground-cuckoo
  • 1330 Neomorphus rufipennis rufous-winged ground-cuckoo
  • 1331 Neomorphus pucheranii red-billed ground-cuckoo

    • References

    Neomorphidae Wikipedia
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