Neomorphus
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Red-winged ground cuckoo ( Neomorphus rufipennis ) |
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| Gloger , 1827 |
Neomorphus is a genus of the subfamily of neomorphinae in the family of cuckoos .
Distribution and characteristics
Representatives of the genus Neomorphus live in the Neotropic in tropical rainforests . The cuckoos have a noticeably large hood , long legs and long control feathers . When foraging for food, they follow swarms of ants and eat the prey that the ants startle. All species are not breeding parasites .
Systematics
The genus includes five species . Sister taxon is the genus Geococcyx . The scale ground cuckoo is classified by some authors as a subspecies of the Tajazuikuckucks ( Neomorphus geoffroyi squamiger ). The German names follow Avibase.
- 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 )
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 . Oxford University Press 2005. (Bird Families of the World No. 15), ISBN 0198502133 .
Individual evidence
Web links
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