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Lesser ground cuckoo

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Lesser ground cuckoo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
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. ^ a b c BirdLife International (2012). "Morococcyx erythropygus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012. Retrieved 26 November 2013. {{cite journal}}: Invalid |ref=harv (help)
  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.