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Side-by-Side Comparison

السمة	Madagascar Cuckoo	Rufous-winged Ground-cuckoo
الاسم العلمي	Cuculus rochii	Neomorphus rufipennis
الرتبة	Cuculiformes	Cuculiformes
الفصيلة	Cuculidae	Cuculidae
حالة الحفاظ	Least Concern	Least Concern
الطول	—	—
طول الجناح	32,7 cm (12.9 in)	34,1 cm (13.4 in)
الوزن	62,0 g (2.19 oz)	381,25 g (13.45 oz)
النظام الغذائي	--	--
عدد البيض في الوضع	--	--
Population Trend	—	—

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Habitat Comparison

الموائل المشتركة

🌲 Forest

Madagascar Cuckoo only

🌿 Wetland

Rufous-winged Ground-cuckoo only

بلا

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Song & Call Comparison

Madagascar Cuckoo

الغناء

Loud, raucous call with harsh quality; penetrating notes carrying through dense forest in Madagascar.

Rufous-winged Ground-cuckoo

الغناء

Deep, hollow resonant call; powerful low-frequency sound carrying across dense lowland tropical forest floor.

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حالة الحفاظ

Least Concern

Madagascar Cuckoo

Least Concern

Rufous-winged Ground-cuckoo

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How to Tell Them Apart

Madagascar Cuckoo

الريش

Madagascar Cuckoo: gray above; white below with rufous barring; long dark tail; yellow eye-ring; Madagascar migratory species

Rufous-winged Ground-cuckoo

الريش

Pheasant Coucal: dark glossy black head and body; rufous-brown wings; strongly barred dark tail; reddish eye; terrestrial habits

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About These Birds

Madagascar Cuckoo

Madagascar Cuckoo (Cuculus rochii) — 26–29 cm. Grey above; barred underparts; yellow orbital ring. Summer visitor to Madagascar; winters to East Africa. Brood parasite targeting Madagascar warblers and other small passerines. Insectivore. The only truly migratory cuckoo of the Western Indian Ocean region.

Rufous-winged Ground-cuckoo

Rufous-winged Ground-cuckoo (Neomorphus rufipennis) — 46–50 cm. Bronze-green above; rufous wing panels; pale buff below. Found in humid forest of Venezuela, Guyana, and northern Brazil. Non-parasitic; follows army ants. Insectivore and small vertebrate predator. Rarely encountered; Near Threatened.

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