Neomorphinae

"Ground cuckoo" redirects here. For the Asian ground cuckoos, see Carpococcyx.

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.

Neomorphinae Temporal range: Early Oligocene to recent
Greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Cuculiformes
Family:	Cuculidae
Subfamily:	Neomorphinae Shelley, 1891
Genera
Dromococcyx Geococcyx Morococcyx Neomorphus Tapera

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