Birds of Ecuador

    CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae (Cuckoos)  
Genus: Neomorphus (3 species, 5 worldwide)


Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo
Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo (Neomorphus geoffroyi salvini) Vulnerable
Panama  
   
Photograph by Joel N. Rosenthal   © All Rights Reserved.

A rarely seen songbird-sized cuckoo that follows ant swarms.

Red-billed Ground Cuckoo
Red-billed Ground Cuckoo (Neomorphus pucheranii)
  Image by Fran?ois-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau (1802?1880)
   
Photograph by Prints     Copyright and usage info


Banded Ground Cuckoo
Banded Ground Cuckoo (Neomorphus radiolosus) Endangered
Un Poco del Choco Reserve, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Jenn Sinasac   © All Rights Reserved.

Banded Ground Cuckoo
Banded Ground Cuckoo (Neomorphus radiolosus) Endangered
Ecuador  
   
Photograph by George Cruz (San Jorge Eco-Lodges)   © All Rights Reserved.

Very rare, even at ant swarms.


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