Neomorphinae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Archosauromorpha
Cladus: Crurotarsi
Divisio: Archosauria
Cladus: Avemetatarsalia
Cladus: Ornithodira
Subtaxon: Dinosauromorpha
Cladus: Dinosauriformes
Cladus: Dracohors
Cladus: Dinosauria
Ordo: Saurischia
Cladus: Eusaurischia
Subordo: Theropoda
Cladus: Neotheropoda
Cladus: Averostra
Cladus: Tetanurae
Cladus: Avetheropoda
Cladus: Coelurosauria
Cladus: Tyrannoraptora
Cladus: Maniraptoromorpha
Cladus: Maniraptoriformes
Cladus: Maniraptora
Cladus: Pennaraptora
Cladus: Paraves
Cladus: Eumaniraptora
Cladus: Avialae
Infraclassis: Aves
Cladus: Euavialae
Cladus: Avebrevicauda
Cladus: Pygostylia
Cladus: Ornithothoraces
Cladus: Ornithuromorpha
Cladus: Carinatae
Parvclassis: Neornithes
Cohors: Neognathae
Cladus: Neoaves
Ordo: Cuculiformes

Familia: Cuculidae
Subfamilia: Neomorphinae
Genera: Dromococcyx - Geococcyx - Morococcyx - Neomorphus - Tapera

Name
Neomorphinae Shelley, 1891

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.
Genera

Image	Genus	Living Species
	Dromococcyx Wied-Neuwied, 1832	D. pavoninus Pelzeln, 1870 – pavonine cuckoo D. phasianellus (Spix, 1824) – pheasant cuckoo
	Geococcyx Wagler, 1831	G. californianus (Lesson, 1829) – greater roadrunner G. velox (Wagner, 1836) – lesser roadrunner
	Morococcyx P.L. Sclater, 1862	M. erythropygus (Lesson, 1842) – lesser ground cuckoo
	Neomorphus Gloger, 1827	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 cuckoo
	Tapera Thunberg, 1819	T. naevia (Linnaeus, 1766) – striped cuckoo

References

Myers, P. R.; Parr, C. S.; Jones, T.; Hammond, G. S.; Dewey, T. A. "Neomorphinae (New World ground cuckoos)". Animal Diversity Web. University of Michigan. Retrieved 2009-08-12.

Birds, Fine Art Prints

Birds Images

Biology Encyclopedia

Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/"
All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Home - Hellenica World