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Black-throated Coucal

Centropus leucogaster

Cuckoos (Cuculidae) · Cuculiformes (Cuculiformes)

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Often mixed up with

In quizzes, players most often confuse Black-throated Coucal with these birds— either this species was picked by mistake, or the other way around.

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Senegal Coucal Centropus senegalensis 1

Family

Cuckoos are birds in the Cuculidae ( kew-KEW-lih-dee) family, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes ( kew-KEW-lih-for-meez). The cuckoo family includes the common or European cuckoo, roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals, and anis. The coucals and anis are sometimes separated as distinct families, the Centropodidae and Crotophagidae, respectively.

Order

Cuckoos are birds in the Cuculidae ( kew-KEW-lih-dee) family, the sole taxon in the order Cuculiformes ( kew-KEW-lih-for-meez). The cuckoo family includes the common or European cuckoo, roadrunners, koels, malkohas, couas, coucals, and anis. The coucals and anis are sometimes separated as distinct families, the Centropodidae and Crotophagidae, respectively.

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