Neomorphidae

In biological classification, Neomorphidae is a proposed family of birds, separating the ground cuckoos (including roadrunners) from the rest of the cuckoo family. ^[1]It is traditionally nested within the family Cuculidae as the subfamily Neomorphinae.

Roadrunners

1321 Tapera naevia striped cuckoo
1322 Morococcyx erythropygus lesser ground-cuckoo
1323 Dromococcyx phasianellus pheasant cuckoo
1324 Dromococcyx pavoninus pavonine cuckoo
1325 Geococcyx californianus greater roadrunner
1326 Geococcyx velox lesser roadrunner
1327 Neomorphus geoffroyi rufous-vented ground-cuckoo
1328 Neomorphus squamiger scaled ground-cuckoo
1329 Neomorphus radiolosus banded ground-cuckoo
1330 Neomorphus rufipennis rufous-winged ground-cuckoo
1331 Neomorphus pucheranii red-billed ground-cuckoo

References

^ Sorenson, M. D. (30 May 2003). "More Taxa, More Characters: The Hoatzin Problem Is Still Unresolved". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 20 (9): 1484–1498. doi:10.1093/molbev/msg157.

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[1] Sorenson, M. D. (30 May 2003). "More Taxa, More Characters: The Hoatzin Problem Is Still Unresolved". Molecular Biology and Evolution. 20 (9): 1484–1498. doi:10.1093/molbev/msg157.

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Neomorphidae

Roadrunners

References

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