Neomorphinae

"Ground cuckoo" redirects here. For the Asian ground cuckoos, see Carpococcyx.

Neomorphinae Temporal range: Early Oligocene to recent
File:Roadrunner2007.jpg
Greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Cuculiformes
Family:	Cuculidae
Subfamily:	Neomorphinae Shelley, 1891
Genera
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. 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

Image	Genus	Living species
File:Dromococcyx pavoninus.jpg	Dromococcyx Wied-Neuwied, 1832	D. pavoninus Pelzeln, 1870 – pavonine cuckoo D. phasianellus (Spix, 1824) – pheasant cuckoo
File:Lesser Roadrunner - Mexico S4E1497.jpg	Geococcyx Wagler, 1831	G. californianus (Lesson, 1829) – greater roadrunner G. velox (Wagner, 1836) – lesser roadrunner
File:Lesser Ground Cuckoo (Morococcyx erythropygus).jpg	Morococcyx P.L. Sclater, 1862	M. erythropygus (Lesson, 1842) – lesser ground cuckoo
File:Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo.jpg	Neomorphus Gloger, 1827	N. geoffroyi (Temminck, 1820) – rufous-vented ground cuckoo N. pucheranii Deville, 1851 – red-billed ground cuckoo N. radiolosus Sclater & Salvin, 1878 – banded ground cuckoo N. rufipennis (Gray, 1849) – rufous-winged ground cuckoo N. squamiger (Todd, 1925) – scaled ground cuckoo
File:Saci (Tapera naevia).jpg	Tapera Thunberg, 1819	T. naevia (Linnaeus, 1766) – striped cuckoo