Rufous-winged Ground-cuckoo vs Thick-billed Cuckoo

Neomorphus rufipennis comparado com Pachycoccyx audeberti

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Side-by-Side Comparison

Atributo Rufous-winged Ground-cuckoo Thick-billed Cuckoo
Nome científico Neomorphus rufipennis Pachycoccyx audeberti
Ordem Cuculiformes Cuculiformes
Família Cuculidae Cuculidae
Estado de conservação Least Concern Least Concern
Comprimento
Envergadura 34,1 cm (13.4 in) 44,1 cm (17.4 in)
Peso 381,25 g (13.45 oz) 104,0 g (3.67 oz)
Dieta -- --
Tamanho da postura -- --
Population Trend
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Habitat Comparison

Habitats partilhados

Rufous-winged Ground-cuckoo only

Nenhum

Thick-billed Cuckoo only

Nenhum

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Song & Call Comparison

Rufous-winged Ground-cuckoo

Canto

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

Thick-billed Cuckoo

Canto

Deep, hollow resonant booming; powerful low notes carrying through dense humid Southeast Asian forest.

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Estado de conservação

Least Concern

Rufous-winged Ground-cuckoo

Least Concern

Thick-billed Cuckoo

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How to Tell Them Apart

Rufous-winged Ground-cuckoo

Plumagem

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

Thick-billed Cuckoo

Plumagem

Long-tailed Koel: males blue-black; females barred brown; very long tail; red eye; Pacific island koel; strongly dimorphic

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About These Birds

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.

Thick-billed Cuckoo

Thick-billed Cuckoo (Pachycoccyx audeberti) — 32–36 cm. Hawk-like; dark brown above; white below with fine dark streaking; thick, strongly curved bill. Inhabits woodland and savanna of East and Central Africa from Tanzania to Malawi and Mozambique. Brood parasite targeting helmet-shrikes (Prionops). Insectivore. Rare and locally distributed.

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