Lesser ground cuckoo

Lesser ground cuckoo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Subfamily: Neomorphinae
Genus: Morococcyx
P.L. Sclater, 1862[2]
Species: M. erythropygus
Binomial name
Morococcyx erythropygus
(Lesson, 1842)

The lesser ground cuckoo (Morococcyx erythropygus) is a species of cuckoo in the monotypic genus Morococcyx in the family Cuculidae.[3] It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.[1] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 BirdLife International (2012). "Morococcyx erythropygus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
  2. "Morococcyx". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  3. Payne, Robert B. (2005). The Cuckoos. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-19-850213-5.


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