Neomorphidae
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Neomorphidae is a proposed family of bird
s, separating the ground cuckoos (including roadrunner
s) from the rest of the cuckoo family. It is traditionally nested within the family Cuculidae as the subfamily Neomorphinae
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Bird
Birds are feathered, winged, bipedal, endothermic , egg-laying, vertebrate animals. Around 10,000 living species and 188 families makes them the most speciose class of tetrapod vertebrates. They inhabit ecosystems across the globe, from the Arctic to the Antarctic. Extant birds range in size from...
s, separating the ground cuckoos (including roadrunner
Geococcyx
The roadrunners are two species of bird in the genus Geococcyx of the cuckoo family, Cuculidae, native to North and Central America...
s) from the rest of the cuckoo family. It is traditionally nested within the family Cuculidae as the subfamily Neomorphinae
Neomorphinae
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...
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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