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The Lesser Ground Cuckoo

Morococcyx erythropygus

Description:

I heard a different sound (song) and found this beautiful bird in the tall bushes at the end of the Vegetables Garden, it walked for a bit in the ground, it looked like a cat walking, very slow, like when a cat is hunting, went back up and kept on singing the mating call. Yesterday there was a reply by another of it's kind, but not today!

Habitat:

Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry forests, subtropical or tropical dry shrubland, and heavily degraded former forest. Found at 900 meter above sea level in what I suppose you could call degraded former forest.

Notes:

The Lesser Ground Cuckoo (Morococcyx erythropygus) is a species of cuckoo in the monotypic genus Morococcyx in the family Cuculidae. It is found in Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.

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4 Comments

Thank you, Tom15.

Thank you, Maria dB.

Tom15
Tom15 10 years ago

Wow! Nice bird.

Maria dB
Maria dB 10 years ago

Wonderful series!

Alajuela, Costa Rica

Spotted on May 22, 2013
Submitted on May 24, 2013

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