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cuculiform
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Body plans of representative Cuculiformes.
Drawing by R. Keane
Cuckoo (
Cuculus
).
Graeme Chapman/Ardea London
Ground cuckoo (
Dromococcyx
)
Peter L. Ames/Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
roadrunner
Roadrunner (
Geococcyx californianus
).
Russ Kinne/Photo Researchers
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