Common Cuckoo vs Rufous-winged Ground-cuckoo

Cuculus canorus 比較対象 Neomorphus rufipennis

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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性 Common Cuckoo Rufous-winged Ground-cuckoo
学名 Cuculus canorus Neomorphus rufipennis
Cuculiformes Cuculiformes
Cuculidae Cuculidae
保全状況 Least Concern Least Concern
体長
翼開長 38.4 cm (15.1 in) 34.1 cm (13.4 in)
体重 116.25 g (4.10 oz) 381.25 g (13.45 oz)
食性 -- --
一腹卵数 1-18 --
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

共通生息地

Common Cuckoo only

Rufous-winged Ground-cuckoo only

None

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Song & Call Comparison

Common Cuckoo

さえずり

Loud, far-carrying iconic call; descending cuckoo notes audible at great distance across European landscape.

Rufous-winged Ground-cuckoo

さえずり

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

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保全状況

Least Concern

Common Cuckoo

Least Concern

Rufous-winged Ground-cuckoo

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How to Tell Them Apart

Common Cuckoo

羽毛

Common Cuckoo: gray above; white below with rufous barring; long dark graduated tail; yellow eye-ring; brood parasite; widespread

Rufous-winged Ground-cuckoo

羽毛

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

Common Cuckoo

ヨーロッパ・アジアで繁殖しアフリカで越冬するカッコウ(体長32〜34cm)。灰色の体と横縞模様の腹が特徴。Cuculus canorus(カッコウ)は他の鳥の巣に卵を産む托卵で有名で、宿主の卵に似た卵を産む能力と托卵後のヒナの宿主排除行動が進化生物学の研究対象として重要。「カッコウ」という鳴き声は春の訪れを告げる。Cuculidae科。

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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