The world's most endangered cuckoos and turacos
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species evaluates the conservation status of plant and animal species. The list is based on scientific assessment of an organism's status by experts.
Conservation status of the world's cuckoos and turacos
Species comprising the chart above include:
| Family | Scientific name | Common name(s) | Red List status | Population trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CUCULIDAE | Coua delalandei | Delalande's Coua, Snail-eating Coua | EX | |
| CUCULIDAE | Nannococcyx psix | St Helena Cuckoo | EX | |
| CUCULIDAE | Carpococcyx viridis | Sumatran Ground-cuckoo, Sumatran Ground Cuckoo | CR | decreasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Centropus steerii | Black-hooded Coucal, Steere's Coucal | CR | decreasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Coccyzus rufigularis | Bay-breasted Cuckoo, Rufous-breasted Cuckoo | EN | decreasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Neomorphus radiolosus | Banded Ground-cuckoo, Banded Ground Cuckoo, Banded Ground-Cuckoo | EN | decreasing |
| MUSOPHAGIDAE | Tauraco bannermani | Bannerman's Turaco | EN | decreasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Centropus chlororhynchus | Green-billed Coucal | VU | decreasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Centropus nigrorufus | Javan Coucal, Sunda Coucal | VU | decreasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Centropus rectunguis | Short-toed Coucal | VU | decreasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Coccyzus ferrugineus | Cocos Cuckoo | VU | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Neomorphus squamiger | Scaled Ground-cuckoo, Scaled Ground-Cuckoo | VU | decreasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Phaenicophaeus pyrrhocephalus | Red-faced Malkoha | VU | decreasing |
| MUSOPHAGIDAE | Tauraco ruspolii | Prince Ruspoli's Turaco, Ruspoli's Turaco | VU | decreasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Cacomantis heinrichi | Moluccan Cuckoo | NT | decreasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Carpococcyx radiatus | Bornean Ground-cuckoo, Malay Ground-cuckoo | NT | decreasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Centropus chalybeus | Biak Coucal | NT | decreasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Centropus unirufus | Rufous Coucal | NT | decreasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Centropus violaceus | Violaceous Coucal, Violet Coucal | NT | decreasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Coua verreauxi | Verreaux's Coua | NT | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Cuculus vagans | Moustached Hawk-cuckoo, Moustached Hawk-Cuckoo | NT | decreasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Phaenicophaeus diardi | Black-bellied Malkoha | NT | decreasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Phaenicophaeus sumatranus | Chestnut-bellied Malkoha | NT | decreasing |
| MUSOPHAGIDAE | Tauraco fischeri | Fischer's Turaco | NT | decreasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Cacomantis castaneiventris | Chestnut-breasted Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Cacomantis flabelliformis | Fan-tailed Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Cacomantis merulinus | Plaintive Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Cacomantis passerinus | Grey-bellied Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Cacomantis sepulcralis | Rusty-breasted Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Cacomantis sonneratii | Banded Bay Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Cacomantis variolosus | Brush Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Caliechthrus leucolophus | White-crowned Koel | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Carpococcyx renauldi | Coral-billed Ground-cuckoo, Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo, Coral-billed Ground-Cuckoo | LC | decreasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Centropus andamanensis | Andaman Coucal, Brown Coucal | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Centropus anselli | Gabon Coucal, Gaboon Coucal | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Centropus ateralbus | Pied Coucal | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Centropus bengalensis | Lesser Coucal | LC | increasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Centropus bernsteini | Black-billed Coucal, Lesser Black Coucal | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Centropus celebensis | Bay Coucal | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Centropus cupreicaudus | Coppery-tailed Coucal | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Centropus goliath | Goliath Coucal | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Centropus grillii | African Black Coucal, Black Coucal | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Centropus leucogaster | Black-throated Coucal | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Centropus melanops | Black-faced Coucal | LC | decreasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Centropus menbeki | Greater Black Coucal, Ivory-billed Coucal | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Centropus milo | Buff-headed Coucal | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Centropus monachus | Blue-headed Coucal | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Centropus phasianinus | Pheasant Coucal | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Centropus senegalensis | Senegal Coucal | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Centropus sinensis | Greater Coucal | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Centropus spilopterus | Kai Coucal | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Centropus superciliosus | Burchell's Coucal, White-browed Coucal | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Centropus toulou | Madagascar Black Coucal, Madagascar Coucal, Malagasy Coucal | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Centropus viridis | Philippine Coucal | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Cercococcyx mechowi | Dusky Long-tailed Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Cercococcyx montanus | Barred Long-tailed Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Cercococcyx olivinus | Olive Long-tailed Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Ceuthmochares aereus | Green Coucal, Green Malkoha, Yellowbill | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Chrysococcyx basalis | Horsfield's Bronze-cuckoo, Horsfield's Bronze Cuckoo, Horsfield's Bronze-Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Chrysococcyx caprius | Dideric Cuckoo, Didric Cuckoo, Diederik Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Chrysococcyx crassirostris | Pied Bronze-cuckoo, Pied Bronze Cuckoo, Pied Bronze-Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Chrysococcyx cupreus | African Emerald Cuckoo, Emerald Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Chrysococcyx flavigularis | Yellow-throated Cuckoo, Yellow-throated Green Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Chrysococcyx klaas | Klaas's Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Chrysococcyx lucidus | Shining Bronze-cuckoo, Shining Bronze Cuckoo, Shining Bronze-Cuckoo, Shining Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Chrysococcyx maculatus | Asian Emerald Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Chrysococcyx meyeri | White-eared Bronze-cuckoo, White-eared Bronze Cuckoo, White-eared Bronze-Cuckoo | LC | decreasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Chrysococcyx minutillus | Little Bronze-cuckoo, Little Bronze Cuckoo, Little Bronze-Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Chrysococcyx osculans | Black-eared Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Chrysococcyx ruficollis | Rufous-throated Bronze-cuckoo, Rufous-throated Bronze Cuckoo, Rufous-throated Bronze-Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Chrysococcyx russatus | Gould's Bronze-cuckoo, Gould's Bronze-Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Chrysococcyx xanthorhynchus | Violet Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Clamator coromandus | Chestnut-winged Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Clamator glandarius | Great Spotted Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Clamator jacobinus | Jacobin Cuckoo, Pied Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Clamator levaillantii | Levaillant's Cuckoo, Striped Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Coccycua cinerea | Ash-colored Cuckoo, Ash-coloured Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Coccycua minuta | Little Cuckoo | LC | decreasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Coccycua pumila | Dwarf Cuckoo | LC | increasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Coccyzus americanus | Yellow-billed Cuckoo | LC | decreasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Coccyzus erythropthalmus | Black-billed Cuckoo | LC | decreasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Coccyzus euleri | Pearly-breasted Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Coccyzus lansbergi | Gray-capped Cuckoo, Grey-capped Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Coccyzus longirostris | Hispaniolan Lizard-cuckoo, Hispaniolan Lizard-Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Coccyzus melacoryphus | Dark-billed Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Coccyzus merlini | Great Lizard-cuckoo, Great Lizard-Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Coccyzus minor | Mangrove Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Coccyzus pluvialis | Chestnut-bellied Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Coccyzus vetula | Jamaican Lizard-cuckoo, Jamaican Lizard-Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Coccyzus vieilloti | Puerto Rican Lizard-cuckoo, Puerto Rican Lizard-Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| MUSOPHAGIDAE | Corythaeola cristata | Great Blue Turaco | LC | stable |
| MUSOPHAGIDAE | Corythaixoides concolor | Grey Go-away-bird, Grey Lourie | LC | stable |
| MUSOPHAGIDAE | Corythaixoides leucogaster | White-bellied Go-away-bird, White-bellied Go-away Bird | LC | stable |
| MUSOPHAGIDAE | Corythaixoides personatus | Bare-faced Go-away-bird, Bare-faced Go-away Bird | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Coua caerulea | Blue Coua | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Coua coquereli | Coquerel's Coua | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Coua cristata | Crested Coua | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Coua cursor | Running Coua | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Coua gigas | Giant Coua | LC | decreasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Coua reynaudii | Red-fronted Coua | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Coua ruficeps | Red-capped Coua | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Coua serriana | Red-breasted Coua | LC | stable |
| MUSOPHAGIDAE | Crinifer piscator | Western Grey Plantain-eater, Western Plantain-eater | LC | stable |
| MUSOPHAGIDAE | Crinifer zonurus | Eastern Grey Plantain-eater, Eastern Plantain-eater | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Crotophaga ani | Smooth-billed Ani | LC | decreasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Crotophaga major | Greater Ani | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Crotophaga sulcirostris | Groove-billed Ani | LC | decreasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Cuculus canorus | Common Cuckoo, Cuckoo, European Cuckoo | LC | decreasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Cuculus clamosus | Black Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Cuculus crassirostris | Sulawesi Cuckoo, Sulawesi Hawk-cuckoo, Sulawesi Hawk-Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Cuculus fugax | Hodgson's Hawk-cuckoo, Hodgson's Hawk-Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Cuculus gularis | African Cuckoo, African Grey Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Cuculus lepidus | Sunda Cuckoo, Sunda Lesser Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Cuculus micropterus | Indian Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Cuculus optatus | Oriental Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Cuculus pallidus | Palid Cuckoo, Pallid Cuckoo | LC | increasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Cuculus poliocephalus | Lesser Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Cuculus rochii | Madagascar Cuckoo, Madagascar Lesser Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Cuculus saturatus | Himalayan Cuckoo, Oriental Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Cuculus solitarius | Red-chested Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Cuculus sparverioides | Large Hawk-cuckoo, Large Hawk-Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Cuculus varius | Common Hawk-cuckoo, Common Hawk-Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Dromococcyx pavoninus | Pavonine Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Dromococcyx phasianellus | Pheasant Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Eudynamys melanorhynchus | Black-billed Koel | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Eudynamys orientalis | Australian Koel, Eastern Koel | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Eudynamys scolopaceus | Asian Koel | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Eudynamys taitensis | Long-tailed Cuckoo, Long-tailed Koel | LC | decreasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Geococcyx californianus | Greater Roadrunner | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Geococcyx velox | Lesser Roadrunner | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Guira guira | Guira Cuckoo | LC | increasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Microdynamis parva | Dwarf Koel | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Morococcyx erythropygus | Lesser Ground-cuckoo, Lesser Ground Cuckoo, Lesser Ground-Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| MUSOPHAGIDAE | Musophaga rossae | Lady Ross's Turaco, Ross's Turaco | LC | stable |
| MUSOPHAGIDAE | Musophaga violacea | Violet Turaco | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Neomorphus geoffroyi | Rufous-vented Ground-cuckoo, Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo, Rufous-vented Ground-Cuckoo | LC | decreasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Neomorphus pucheranii | Red-billed Ground-cuckoo, Red-billed Ground Cuckoo, Red-billed Ground-Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Neomorphus rufipennis | Rufous-winged Ground-cuckoo, Rufous-winged Ground Cuckoo, Rufous-winged Ground-Cuckoo | LC | decreasing |
| OPISTHOCOMIDAE | Opisthocomus hoazin | Hoatzin | LC | decreasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Pachycoccyx audeberti | Thick-billed Cuckoo | LC | decreasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Phaenicophaeus calyorhynchus | Yellow-billed Malkoha | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Phaenicophaeus chlorophaeus | Raffles's Malkoha | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Phaenicophaeus cumingi | Scale-feathered Malkoha | LC | decreasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Phaenicophaeus curvirostris | Chestnut-breasted Malkoha | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Phaenicophaeus javanicus | Red-billed Malkoha | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii | Sirkeer Malkoha | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Phaenicophaeus superciliosus | Red-crested Malkoha | LC | decreasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Phaenicophaeus tristis | Green-billed Malkoha | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Phaenicophaeus viridirostris | Blue-faced Malkoha | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Piaya cayana | Squirrel Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Piaya melanogaster | Black-bellied Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Rhamphomantis megarhynchus | Long-billed Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| MUSOPHAGIDAE | Ruwenzorornis johnstoni | Ruwenzori Turaco | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Scythrops novaehollandiae | Channel-billed Cuckoo | LC | stable |
| CUCULIDAE | Surniculus lugubris | Asian Drongo-Cuckoo, Drongo Cuckoo | LC | decreasing |
| CUCULIDAE | Tapera naevia | Striped Cuckoo | LC | increasing |
| MUSOPHAGIDAE | Tauraco corythaix | Knysna Lourie, Knysna Turaco | LC | stable |
| MUSOPHAGIDAE | Tauraco erythrolophus | Red-crested Turaco | LC | decreasing |
| MUSOPHAGIDAE | Tauraco hartlaubi | Hartlaub's Turaco | LC | decreasing |
| MUSOPHAGIDAE | Tauraco leucolophus | White-crested Turaco | LC | stable |
| MUSOPHAGIDAE | Tauraco leucotis | White-cheeked Turaco | LC | stable |
| MUSOPHAGIDAE | Tauraco livingstonii | Livingstone's Turaco | LC | stable |
| MUSOPHAGIDAE | Tauraco macrorhynchus | Verreaux's Turaco, Yellow-billed Turaco | LC | stable |
| MUSOPHAGIDAE | Tauraco persa | Guinea Turaco | LC | stable |
| MUSOPHAGIDAE | Tauraco porphyreolophus | Purple-crested Turaco | LC | decreasing |
| MUSOPHAGIDAE | Tauraco schalowi | Schalow's Turaco | LC | stable |
| MUSOPHAGIDAE | Tauraco schuetti | Black-billed Turaco | LC | stable |
The full resolution version of this
birds-turacos chart is available at here. This table and chart was last updated on August 8, 2012, based on data downloaded from the IUCN Red List site. For a species profile, click on its scientific name.
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