Lesser ground cuckoo
Appearance
Lesser ground cuckoo | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Cuculiformes |
Family: | Cuculidae |
Genus: | Morococcyx P.L. Sclater, 1862[2] |
Species: | M. erythropygus
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Binomial name | |
Morococcyx erythropygus (Lesson, 1842)
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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
- ^ a b c BirdLife International (2012). "Morococcyx erythropygus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
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(help) - ^ "Morococcyx". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Payne, Robert B. (2005). The Cuckoos. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-19-850213-5.