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

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.