Cuculidae sunt familiaavium, solum taxonordinisCuculiformium.[1][2][3] Familia insigniter comprehendit Cuculum canorum,Geococcyges,Eudynamyses,Phaenicophaeum,Couas,Centropodes,Crotophagas.Centropodes et Crotophagae aliquando in familias separatas digeruntur, Centropodidas et Crotophagidas proprie appellatas. Cuculiformes sunt unus ex tribus ordinibus qui una Otidimorphas constituunt, quorum alii sunt Musophagidae et Otididae (olim Otidae appellatae).
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