Ground cuckoos

Ground cuckoos
Way cuckoo ( Geococcyx californianus )
Systematics
without rank: Sauropsiden (Sauropsida) without rank: Archosauria Class : Birds (aves) Order : Cuckoo birds (Cuculiformes) Family : Cuckoos (Cuculidae) Subfamily : Ground cuckoos
Scientific name
Neomorphinae
Shelley , 1891

The Erdkucke (Neomorphinae) are a subfamily of the cuckoo family . All species live in America .

features

Common features of the earth cuckoo are noticeably short wings, long legs and long tail feathers . All species of this subfamily usually move on the ground, long flights are avoided. The way cuckoo reaches z. B. running speeds of up to 30 km / h. Most species are not breeding parasites , but raise their young themselves. Exceptions to this are the representatives of the sister taxa Dromococcyx and Tapera , which lay their eggs in foreign nests.

Systematics

The subfamily includes five genera with 11 species . The German names follow Avibase.

• Dromococcyx
  • Peacock Cuckoo ( Dromococcyx pavoninus )
  • Pheasant cuckoo ( Dromomoccyx phasianellus )
• Racing Cuckoo ( Geococcyx )
  • Way cuckoo ( Geococcyx californianus )
  • Racing cuckoo ( Geococcyx velox )
• Morococcyx
  • Throttle devil ( Morococcyx erythropygus )
• Neomorphus
  • Tajazuikuckuck ( Neomorphus geoffroyi )
  • Red-billed ground cuckoo ( Neomorphus pucheranii )
  • Banded Ground Cuckoo ( neomorphus radiolosus )
  • Red-winged ground cuckoo ( Neomorphus rufipennis )
  • Shed basic devil ( neomorphus squamiger )
• Tapera
  • Striped Cuckoo ( Tapera naevia )

literature

• Johannes Erritzøe , Clive F. Mann, Frederik Brammer, Richard A. Fuller: Cuckoos of the World (Helm Identification Guides) . Christopher Helm Publishers Ltd, London 2012, ISBN 978-071-366-034-0 .
• Robert B. Payne: The Cuckoos (Bird Families of the World No. 15). Oxford University Press, Oxford 2005, ISBN 0-19-850213-3 .

Individual evidence

1. ^ Payne p. 6