Neomorphinae

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

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.^[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 nests.

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

^ 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.

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[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.

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