Biology:Neomorphus

Short description: Genus of cuckoos

Neomorphus
Rufous-vented ground cuckoo (Neomorphus geoffroyi)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Aves
Order:	Cuculiformes
Family:	Cuculidae
Genus:	Neomorphus Gloger, 1827
Type species
Coccyzus geoffroyi Temminck, 1820
Species
4-5, see text

Neomorphus is a genus of terrestrial cuckoos in the family Cuculidae. Despite their relatively large size, they are highly inconspicuous and rarely seen. They are restricted to the humid primary forests in the Neotropics, and despite their similar looks, not closely related to the Asian ground cuckoos of the genus Carpococcyx.

Species

Image	Scientific name	Common name	Distribution
	Neomorphus geoffroyi	Rufous-vented ground cuckoo	southern Nicaragua, through Costa Rica and Panama, into north-western Colombia
	Neomorphus squamiger	Scaled ground cuckoo	Rio Tapajós in Brazil
	Neomorphus pucheranii	Red-billed ground cuckoo	western Brazil, southeastern Colombia, eastern Ecuador, and northeastern Peru.
	Neomorphus radiolosus	Banded ground cuckoo	the Chocó of western Colombia and Ecuador.
	Neomorphus rufipennis	Rufous-winged ground cuckoo	northern Brazil, Guyana, Venezuela, and Colombia

References

• Haffer, J. 1977. A Systematic Review of the Neotropical Ground Cuckoos (Aves, Neomorphus). The Bonn Zoological Bulletin 28 (1,2):48-76.
• Payne, R. B. 1997. Neomorphus. pp. 606–607 in: del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., and Sargatal, J. eds. 1997. Handbook of the Birds of the World. Vol. 4. Sandgrouse to Cuckoos. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona. ISBN:84-87334-22-9

Wikidata ☰ Q2435892 entry