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 speciesDromococcyx D. pavoninus Pelzeln, 1870 – pavonine cuckoo D. phasianellus (Spix, 1824) – pheasant cuckooGeococcyx G. californianus (Lesson, 1829) – greater roadrunner G. velox (Wagner, 1836) – lesser roadrunnerMorococcyx M. erythropygus (Lesson, 1842) – lesser ground cuckooNeomorphus 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 cuckooTapera T. naevia (Linnaeus, 1766) – striped cuckoo
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