Lesser ground cuckoo
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Scientific classification 
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| 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 (2020). "Morococcyx erythropygus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T22684447A152217628. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T22684447A152217628.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ "Morococcyx". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ Payne, Robert B. (2005). The Cuckoos. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 191. ISBN 978-0-19-850213-5.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Neomorphinae
- Birds of Central America
- Birds of Mexico
- Birds of El Salvador
- Birds of Guatemala
- Birds of Honduras
- Birds of Nicaragua
- Birds described in 1842
- Cuculiformes stubs