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 =
}}
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
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Image | Genus | Living Species |
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175px | Dromococcyx {{small|Wied-Neuwied, 1832}} | * D. pavoninus Pelzeln, 1870 – pavonine cuckoo
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175px | Geococcyx {{small|Wagler, 1831}} | * G. californianus (Lesson, 1829) – greater roadrunner
|
175px | Morococcyx {{small|P.L. Sclater, 1862}} | * M. erythropygus (Lesson, 1842) – lesser ground cuckoo |
175px | Neomorphus {{small|Gloger, 1827}} | * N. geoffroyi (Temminck, 1820) – rufous-vented ground cuckoo
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175px | Tapera {{small|Thunberg, 1819}} | * T. naevia (Linnaeus, 1766) – striped cuckoo |