Cuckoos (Cuculidae)
Lesser Ground-cuckoo (Morococcyx erythropygus) - HBW 4, p. 605
French: Géocoucou de Lesson
German: Drosselkuckuck
Spanish: Cuclillo Bobo
Other common names: Rufous-rumped Cuckoo
Taxonomy: Coccyzus erythropyga Lesson, 1842, San Carlos, Central America.
Two subspecies recognized.
Subspecies and Distribution:
- mexicanus Ridgway, 1915 - Pacific slope of tropical W Mexico from S Sinaloa S to Isthmus of Tehuantepec.
- erythropygus (Lesson, 1842) - S Mexico (hills of Oaxaca on E side of Plains of Tehuantepec E to Chiapas) to NW Costa Rica, and also arid interior valleys on Caribbean slope of Guatemala and Honduras.
- Least Concern Enlarge map
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A bird in the tree Locality Nosara, Costa Rica (ssp erythropygus)
Max Roth 31 January 2001 6 years ago 21 sec 4.2 -
A shy individual spent his time skulking inside thick secondary growth. Locality Costa Rica
DAVID ASCANIO 13 July 2010 1 year ago 12 sec 2.6
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Bird calling from a bush
Locality Rincon de la Vieja, Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica
Chris and Megan Perkins 26 March 2010 1 year ago 3.9 -
curiuos..
Locality Las Banderas Forest, Volcán San Cristóbal-Casita Natural Reserve, Chinandega Department, Nicaragua
Orlando Jarquín G. 29 January 2012 14 weeks ago 3.9 -
adult male
Locality Tehuantepec, Oaxaca State, Mexico (Southern) (ssp mexicanus)
Michael Retter 1 March 2009 2 years ago 3.7 -
A bird in a busch
Locality Puntarenas Province, Costa Rica
Tadeusz Stawarczyk 4 May 2004 2 years ago 3
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sing Locality Cosigüina, Chinandega Department, Nicaragua
Orlando Jarquín G. 11 August 2011 10 weeks ago 4
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