Rufous-winged Ground Cuckoo
Neomorphus rufipennis(Gray, GR, 1849)
English (US) Rufous-winged Ground Cuckoo
The Rufous-winged Ground Cuckoo (Neomorphus rufipennis) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Cuculidae (Cuckoos) in the order Cuculiformes.
Range: southern Venezuela, Guyana, and northern Brazil (Roraima)Range summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Neomorphus rufipennis
- Family
- Cuculidae (Cuckoos)
- Order
- Cuculiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Rufous-winged Ground Cuckoo
- Described by
- (Gray, GR, 1849)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Cultrides rufipennis
- Described by
- (Gray, GR, 1849)
- Type locality
- 'Supposed to be a native of Mexico,' error = lower Orinoco River, Venezuela.
- Original description
- Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London pt.17, no.193 p.63 pl.10
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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Sumatran Ground Cuckoo
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