Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo (Neomorphus geoffroyi)
About the Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo
The rufous-vented ground cuckoo (Neomorphus geoffroyi) is a Vulnerable species of cuckoo in the tribe Neomorphini of subfamily Crotophaginae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Panama, and Peru. Most taxonomic systems assign these six subspecies to the rufous-vented ground cuckoo: N. g. salvini Sclater, P.L., 1866 N. g. aequatorialis Chapman, 1923 N. g. australis Carriker, 1935 N. g. amazonicus Pinto, 1964 N. g. geoffroyi (Temminck, 1820) N. g. dulcis Snethlage, E., 1927 The International Ornithological Committee's Handbook of the Birds of the World adds a seventh, N. g. squamiger, that the other systems treat as the separate species scaled ground cuckoo.
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Listed as recorded in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica in the xeno-canto catalogue.
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- Rufous-winged Ground CuckooNeomorphus rufipennisrecording
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