The Neomorphinae are 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. 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 nests.
Genera
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Genus
Living species
Dromococcyx Wied-Neuwied, 1832
D. pavoninus Pelzeln, 1870 – pavonine cuckoo
D. phasianellus (Spix, 1824) – pheasant cuckoo
Geococcyx Wagler, 1831
G. californianus (Lesson, 1829) – greater roadrunner
G. velox (Wagner, 1836) – lesser roadrunner
Morococcyx P.L. Sclater, 1862
M. erythropygus (Lesson, 1842) – lesser ground cuckoo
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
