| Rufous-winged Ground Cuckoo | |
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| Illustration based on specimen. The skin around the eyes is red in living individuals | |
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Aves |
| Order: | Cuculiformes |
| Family: | Cuculidae |
| Subfamily: | Neomorphinae |
| Genus: | Neomorphus |
| Species: | N. rufipennis |
| Binomial name | |
| Neomorphus rufipennis (Gray, 1849) |
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The Rufous-winged Ground Cuckoo (Neomorphus rufipennis) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is found in humid primary forests in northern Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela, and Colombia. At 50 centimetres (20 in) in length, it is the largest South American cuckoo together with the other members of the genus Neomorphus.