Lesser Ground-cuckoo (Morococcyx erythropygus)

Other Names (World)
Lesser Ground-Cuckoo, Rufous-rumped Cuckoo, Lesser Ground Cuckoo

Family
Cuculidae (Cuckoos)

Size
25 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Lesson, 1842)

Habitat
Subtropical and tropical lowland dry shrubland. From sea-level - 1,500 m.

Range (Guide)

Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua.

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

Population
Estimated population is 50,000 - 499,999 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

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

Lesser Ground Cuckoo (Morococcyx erythropygus) [XC586169]
by Al\u00e1n Palacios from La Paz Department, Honduras (song)

Lesser Ground Cuckoo (Morococcyx erythropygus) [XC749079]
by GABRIEL LEITE from Orotina area, Costa Rica (call)

Subspecies
The following 2 subspecies are recognised:

mexicanus Ridgway, 1915 - Pacific slope of tropical western Mexico from southern Sinaloa south to Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
erythropygus (Lesson, 1842) - Southern Mexico (hills of Oaxaca on eastern side of Plains of Tehuantepec east to Chiapas) to north-western Costa Rica, and also arid interior valleys on Caribbean slope of Guatemala and Honduras.

References
See References.

Files:

JPG files for Lesser Ground-cuckoo (Morococcyx erythropygus) - 10 files

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