Neomorphinae

{{Short description|Subfamily of birds}}

{{Redirect|Ground cuckoo|the Asian ground cuckoos|Carpococcyx}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = Early Oligocene to recent

| image = Roadrunner2007.jpg

| image_caption = Greater roadrunner
(Geococcyx californianus)

| taxon = Neomorphinae

| authority = Shelley, 1891

| subdivision_ranks = Genera

| subdivision =

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.{{cite web |url=http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/classification/Neomorphinae.html |first=P. R. |last=Myers |first2= C. S. |last2=Parr |first3=T. |last3=Jones |first4=G. S. |last4=Hammond |first5=T. A. |last5=Dewey |title=Neomorphinae (New World ground cuckoos) |work=Animal Diversity Web |publisher=University of Michigan |accessdate=2009-08-12}} 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

class="wikitable"
ImageGenusLiving Species
175pxDromococcyx {{small|Wied-Neuwied, 1832}}* D. pavoninus Pelzeln, 1870pavonine cuckoo

175pxGeococcyx {{small|Wagler, 1831}}* G. californianus (Lesson, 1829)greater roadrunner
  • G. velox (Wagner, 1836)lesser roadrunner
  • 175pxMorococcyx {{small|P.L. Sclater, 1862}}* M. erythropygus (Lesson, 1842)lesser ground cuckoo
    175pxNeomorphus {{small|Gloger, 1827}}* N. geoffroyi (Temminck, 1820)rufous-vented ground cuckoo
  • N. pucheranii Deville, 1851red-billed ground cuckoo
  • N. radiolosus Sclater & Salvin, 1878banded ground cuckoo
  • N. rufipennis (Gray, 1849)rufous-winged ground cuckoo
  • N. squamiger (Todd, 1925)scaled ground cuckoo
  • 175pxTapera {{small|Thunberg, 1819}}* T. naevia (Linnaeus, 1766)striped cuckoo

    References

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    Category:Birds of the Americas

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