Lesser Ground Cuckoo

Lesser Ground Cuckoo
Lesser Ground Cuckoo
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Aves
Order: Cuculiformes
Family: Cuculidae
Subfamily: Neomorphinae
Genus: Morococcyx
P. L. Sclater, 1862 [2]
Species: M. erythropygus
Binomial name
Morococcyx erythropygus
(Lesson, 1842)

The Lesser Ground Cuckoo (Morococcyx erythropygus) is a species of cuckoo in the monotypic genus Morococcyx[citation needed] in the family Cuculidae. It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.[1] Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Morococcyx erythropygus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2009. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/142367. Retrieved May 12, 2010. 
  2. ^ "Morococcyx". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=553642. 



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