Rufous-winged ground cuckoo
| Rufous-winged ground cuckoo | |
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| Illustration based on specimen. The skin around the eyes is red in living individuals | |
| 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) | |
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.
Diet
Its diet consists of grasshoppers, crickets and spiders. Often its heard making loud bill-snaps while its song consists of a single hooting note [2]. It's capable of swiftly moving across the forest floor. Most aspects of the rufous-winged ground cuckoo's life are unknown[2].
References
- ↑ BirdLife International (2012). "Neomorphus rufipennis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- 1 2 "Rufous-winged Ground-Cuckoo - Introduction | Neotropical Birds Online". neotropical.birds.cornell.edu. Retrieved 2017-06-05.
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