About the Scaled Ground Cuckoo
The scaled ground cuckoo is a species of cuckoo in the tribe Neomorphini of subfamily Crotophaginae. It is endemic to the Amazon rainforest near the Tapajos River in Brazil.
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The scaled ground cuckoo is about 43 cm (17 in) long, about half of which is its tail, and weighs about 340 g (12 oz). Adults have a heavy decurved bill that is greenish with a bluish dusky base and a yellowish tip. The sexes have similar plumage. Adults have a brownish forehead and crown and a shaggy, glossy, blue-black, erectile crest. Most of the face is cinnamon buff but with bright cobalt blue bare skin behind the eye. Their hindneck and upper back are bronzy olive brown, the lower back bronzy brown to purplish, and the rump and uppertail coverts deep purplish brown with a bronze gloss.
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When to see the Scaled Ground Cuckoo
Peak activity in July · a winter visitor species across most of its range
Easily confused with
Red-billed Ground CuckooNeomorphus pucheraniiThe red-billed ground cuckoo is 43 to 55 cm (17 to 22 in) long, about half of which is its tail.
Banded Ground CuckooNeomorphus radiolosusThe banded ground cuckoo is about 46 cm (18 in) long, about half of which is its tail, and weighs about 400 g (14 oz).
Rufous-winged Ground CuckooNeomorphus rufipennisThe rufous-winged ground cuckoo is 48 to 56 cm (19 to 22 in) long, about half of which is its tail.
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