Bornean Ground-cuckoo (Carpococcyx radiceus)

Other Scientific Names
Carpococcyx radiceus [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)]

Other Names (World)
Bornean Ground-Cuckoo, Sunda Ground-Cuckoo, Bornean Ground Cuckoo

Family
Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

Size
60 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Temminck, 1832)

Habitat
Alluvial and swamp forest at low elevations, and slope or ridge forest at high elevations. From 300 - 1,700 m.

Range (Guide)

Brunei Darussalam (B), Indonesia (B), Malaysia (B).

Borneo.

Rarity Status
Currently this species is not classified as a rarity in this country OR information has not been updated.

Population
Estimated population is unknown (2010) and decreasing.

Status NT
Destruction and degradation of habitat by logging, conversion to agriculture and fires are the main threats.

For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Food
Arthropods and fruit.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (43)...)

Bornean Ground Cuckoo (Carpococcyx radiceus) [XC67860]
by Martjan Lammertink from Sungai Wain Protection Forest, East Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia (song)

Bornean Ground Cuckoo (Carpococcyx radiceus) [XC67858]
by Frank Lambert from Sungai Wain Protection Forest, East Kalimantan, Borneo, Indonesia (song)

Subspecies
Carpococcyx radiceus (Sibley and Monroe 1990, 1993) was split into Bornean Ground-cuckoo (Carpococcyx radiceus) and Sumatran Ground-cuckoo (Carpococcyx viridis) following Collar and Long (1995), the name radiceus being changed to radiatus.

No subspecies.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Bornean Ground-cuckoo (Carpococcyx radiceus) - 10 files

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