Neomorphinae
Subfamily of birds
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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.[1] 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.
| Neomorphinae Temporal range: Early Oligocene to recent | |
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| Greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus) | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Subfamily: | Neomorphinae Shelley, 1891 |
| Genera | |
Genera
| Image | Genus | Living species |
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 | Dromococcyx Wied-Neuwied, 1832 |
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 | Geococcyx Wagler, 1831 |
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.jpg) | Morococcyx P.L. Sclater, 1862 |
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 | Neomorphus Gloger, 1827 |
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.jpg) | Tapera Thunberg, 1819 |
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