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Cuckoos, anis
Order:
Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
129 species
worldwide;
20-50 cm; tail often barred or white-tipped, graduated; bill curved, stout; often with bare orbital skin; legs short; feet zygodactyl;
generally insectivorous;
diversity of breeding systems (nest parasites, cooperative breeders); sexes similar; 2-6 eggs per clutch; non-parasitic species generally have biparental care.
Striped Cuckoo Tapera naevia calling
Groove-billed Ani Crotophaga sulcirostris calling