Cuckoos

The family Cuculidae includes cuckoos, roadrunners and anis. These birds are of variable size with slender bodies, long tails and strong legs. Many are brood parasites. There are 138 species worldwide and 21 species which occur in India.

Family: Cuculidae

Order: Cuculiformes

Plaintive cuckoo

(Cacomantis merulinus)

Southern Coucal

(Centropus Parroti)

भारद्वाज

भारद्वाज

Jacobin cuckoo

(Clamator jacobinus)

Pied cuckoo, Pied crested cuckoo

चातक

चातक

Asian Koel

(Eudynamys Scolopaceus)

कोकीळ (नर), कोकीळा (मादी)

कोयल

Greater coucal

(Centropus sinensis)

crow pheasant

Common cuckoo

(Cuculus canorus)