Superfamily: Centropodoidea

Family: Centropidae

Genus: Centropus

►► Centropus grillii Black Coucal

Generic: Centropus ↔ Cuculus
Specific: grillii ↔ toulou ↔ nigrorufus
English: African Black Coucal
French: Coucal noir, Coucal de Grill
German: Grillkuckuck
Spanish: Cucal Negro
Audio Recordings: G0388, C07-21
Subsumed Species: Centropus thierryi (English: Togoland Black Coucal)
Subsumed Subspecies: C. g. grillii (English: Black-chested Coucal)
Subsumed Subspecies: C. g. caeruleiceps (English: Abaya Black Coucal)
Subsumed Subspecies: C. g. wahlbergi (English: Natal Black Coucal)

►► Centropus toulou Madagascar Coucal

Generic: Centropus ↔ Cuculus
English: Madagascar Black Coucal
French: Coucal toulou, Coucal malgache
German: Tulukuckuck
Spanish: Cucal Malgache

► C. t. toulou
► C. t. insularis

English: Aldabra Coucal

► C. t. assumptionis = EXTINCT

English: Assumption Island Coucal

►► Centropus leucogaster Black-throated Coucal

Generic: Centropus ↔ Poliophilus
English : Great Coucal
French: Coucal à ventre blanc
German: Weißbauchkuckuck
Spanish: Cucal Ventriblanco
Audio Recordings: C07-18

► C. l. efulensis

English: Cameroon Black-throated Coucal
Subsumed Species: Centropus efulensis

► C. l. leucogaster
► C. l. neumanni

English: Neumann's Coucal, Uele River Black-throated Coucal
Subsumed Species: Centropus neumanni

►► Centropus anselli Gabon Coucal

English: Gaboon Coucal
French: Coucal du Gabon
German: Anselkuckuck
Spanish: Cucal de Gabón
Audio Recording: C07-19

►► Centropus monachus Blue-headed Coucal

French: Coucal à nuque bleue, Coucal moine
German: Mönschkuckuck
Spanish: Cucal Momje
Audio Recording: C07-24

► C. m. fischeri

English: Fischer's Coucal
Subsumed subspecies: C. m. occidentalis (English: West African Blue-headed Coucal)
Subsumed subspecies: C. m. heuglini

► C. m. monachus
► C. m. verheyeni

►► Centropus cupreicaudus Coppery-tailed Coucal

Scientific: C. monachus cupreicaudus
French: Coucal des papyrus
German: Kupferschwanzkuckuck
Spanish: Cucal Colicobrizo
Audio Recordings: G0389, C07-20
Subsumed Subspecies: C. c. cupreicaudus
Subsumed Subspecies: C. c. songweensis

►► Centropus senegalensis Senegal Coucal

Generic: Centropus ↔ Cuculus
French: Coucal du Sénégal
German: Spornkuckuck
Spanish: Cucal Senegalés
Audio recordings: G0390, C07-22

► C. s. flecki

English: Fleck's Coucal
Subsumed Species: Centropus flecki

► C. s. senegalensis

Subsumed Species: Centropus epomidis (English: Rufous-bellied Coucal)
Subsumed Subspecies: C. s. incertus

► C. s. aegyptius

English: Egyptian Coucal
Subsumed Species: Centropus aegyptius

►► Centropus superciliosus White-browed Coucal

Scientific: C. senegalensis superciliosus
English: Lark-heeled Cuckoo
French: Coucal à sourcils blancs
German: Weißbrauenkuckuck
Spanish: Cucal Cejiblanco
Audio Recording: C07-25

► C. s. loandae

English: Central African White-browed Coucal
Audio Recording: G0391

► C. s. superciliosus

Subsumed Subspecies: C. s. furvus
Subsumed Subspecies: C. s. intermedius

► C. s. socotrae

Subspecific: socotrae ↔ sokotrae
English: Socotra Coucal

► C. s. burchellii

Specific: superciliosus ↔ burchellii ↔ senegalensis
Subspecific: burchellii ↔ burchelli
English: Burchell's Coucal
Audio Recording: G0391
Subsumed Species: Centropus burchellii

► C. s. fasciipygialis

Specific: superciliosus ↔ burchellii ↔ senegalensis
English: Nyasaland Coucal
Subsumed Species: Centropus fasciipygialis