Rufous-winged Ground-cuckoo

Rufous-winged Ground-cuckoo

Taxobox
name = Rufous-winged Ground-cuckoo


status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Aves
ordo = Cuculiformes
familia = Cuculidae
genus = "Neomorphus"
species = "N. rufipennis"
binomial = "Neomorphus rufipennis"
binomial_authority = (Gray, 1849)
synonyms =

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 cm (20 in), it is the largest South American cuckoo together with the other members of the genus "Neomorphus".

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* BirdLife International 2004. [http://www.iucnredlist.org/search/details.php/47901/all Neomorphus rufipennis] . [http://www.iucnredlist.org 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. ] Downloaded on 24 July 2007.


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