Rufous-winged Ground Cuckoo

Rufous-winged Ground Cuckoo
Rufous-winged Ground Cuckoo
Illustration based on specimen. The skin around the eyes is red in living individuals
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Subfamily: Neomorphinae
Genus: Neomorphus
Species: N. rufipennis
Binomial name
Neomorphus rufipennis
(Gray, 1849)

The Rufous-winged Ground Cuckoo (Neomorphus rufipennis) is a species of cuckoo in the Cuculidae family. It is found in humid primary forests in northern Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela, and Colombia. At 50 centimetres (20 in) in length, it is the largest South American cuckoo together with the other members of the genus Neomorphus.

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