Mikko's Phylogeny Archive Modern Avian Groups   Cuculiformes - cockoons

After Olson, 1985, Sibley & Monroe, 1990, Lokki, Jännes & Nikander, 1992 and Hughes, 2000

Alternative taxonomy of Cuculidae after Olson, 1985, Sibley & Monroe, 1990 and Lokki, Jännes & Nikander, 1992

<==o Cuculiformes (cockoons; käkilinnut)
   `--o Cuculidae (cockoons; käet)
      |?- †Cuculidae genera et species indet. L. Plio. ENA. [Olson, 1985]
      |?- †Dynamopterus velox Milne-Edwards, 1892; U. Eoc. L. Olig. SWEu.
      |?- †Nannococcyx psix Olson, 1975 (sthelenankääpiökäki) [St. Helena Isl.]
      |--o Carpococcyx (korallinokkakäet) [Carpococcystinae]
      |  |-- C. radiceus (sundankäki)
      |  `-- C. renauldi (korallikäki)
      `--+-- Centropodinae [incl. Couinae] (kukaalit & kukut) [2/40]
         `--+-- Neomorphinae (maakäet) [3/8]
            `--+--o Crotophaginae (Anit) [2/4]
               |  |-- Guira guira (vyökäki)
               |  `--o Crotophaga (anit)
               |     |-- C. major (isoani)
               |     |-- C. ani  (ani)
               |     `-- C. sulcirostris (uurrenokka-ani)
               `--+-- Phaenicophaeinae ()
                  `-- Cuculinae (varsinaiset käet)

Reference(s):

Feduccia, A., 1980: The Age of Birds.
–Harvard University Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts & London, England, 1980, IX-196

Feduccia, A., 1996: The Origin and Evolution of Birds.
–Yale University Press, New Haven, 1996, x-420

Hughes, J. M. 2000: Monophyly and phylogeny of cockoos (Aves, Cuculidae) inferred from the osteological characters.
–Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society: vol. 130, #2?, pp. 263-307.

Lokki, J., Jännes, H. & Nikander, P. J., 1992: Otavan lintutieto.
–Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava, Helsinki, Finland, 1992, pp. 1-440
      Translated from: Perrins, C. M. (ed.), 1990: The Illustrated encyclopaedia of birds.
–Headline Book Publishing Plc., London, England, 1990

Olson, S. L., 1975: Paleornithology of St. Helena Island, South Atlantic Ocean.
–Smithsonian Contributions to Baleobiology: Vol. 23, pp. iv-49

Olson, S. L., 1985: The fossil record of birds. 79-239.
in Farner, D., King, J. & Parkes, K. (eds.), 1985: Avian Biology. vol VIII.
–Academic Press, New York. 1985.

Sibley, C. G. & Monroe, B, L., 1990: Distribution and taxonomy of birds of the world.
–Yale University Press, New Haven & London, 1990. xxiv-1111.