Lesser ground cuckoo
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Genus: | Morococcyx P.L. Sclater, 1862[2]
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Species: | M. erythropygus
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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 Template:IUCN
- ^ "Morococcyx". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Payne, Robert B. (2005). The Cuckoos. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-19-850213-5.