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.