Sunda 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.

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) [XC769273]
by David Edwards from Lower Kinabatangan River, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia (call)

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 Sunda 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:

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