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Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo

Carpococcyx renauldi

Endangered · IUCN Red List

ENEndangeredInvertebratesForestPlatform nestLarge · 550 g
Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo (Carpococcyx renauldi), photo 1
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo (Carpococcyx renauldi), photo 2
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo (Carpococcyx renauldi), photo 3
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo (Carpococcyx renauldi), photo 4
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo (Carpococcyx renauldi), photo 5
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo (Carpococcyx renauldi), photo 6
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo (Carpococcyx renauldi), photo 7
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo (Carpococcyx renauldi), photo 8
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo (Carpococcyx renauldi), photo 9
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0
Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo (Carpococcyx renauldi), photo 10
Photo: Christoph Moning · CC BY 4.0

ID tip

The coral-billed ground cuckoo can grow up to 56-70 centimeters (22-28 inches) in length. One captive specimen was reported to weigh 400 grams (0.88 pounds) when close to being fully grown. Adults are sexually monomorphic. Their head, neck, upper breast, primaries, and tail are a glossy violet-black color, with a bare patch of red and violet-colored skin around the eyes. A white band sits below the neck, with the lower breast, flanks, belly, and undertail coverts being primarily white. Their back, rump, and secondaries are primarily grey, with the tips of the secondaries being violet.

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When to see the Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo

One bar for each month. Filled bars are the 7 months with records; pale bars are months with none. The wide bar is February, the month with the most records.

Where to see the Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo

Regular range

The map shades 4 countries with regular records. Everything unshaded has no records. Countries are listed below the map.

Thailand Cambodia Laos Vietnam

About the Coral-billed Ground Cuckoo

The coral-billed ground cuckoo, also known as Renauld's ground cuckoo, is a large, terrestrial species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae, found in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam.

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Easily confused with

Bornean Ground Cuckoo (Carpococcyx radiceus) Bornean Ground CuckooCarpococcyx radiceusThe Bornean ground cuckoo is a large, terrestrial species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae. Sumatran Ground Cuckoo (Carpococcyx viridis) Sumatran Ground CuckooCarpococcyx viridisThe Sumatran ground cuckoo is a large bird of about 55 cm (22 in) in length.

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