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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性	Blue-headed Coucal	Lesser Ground-cuckoo
学名	Centropus monachus	Morococcyx erythropygus
目	Cuculiformes	Cuculiformes
科	Cuculidae	Cuculidae
保护状况	Least Concern	Least Concern
体长	—	—
翼展	36.1 cm (14.2 in)	19.8 cm (7.8 in)
体重	207.25 g (7.31 oz)	66.6 g (2.35 oz)
食性	--	--
产卵数	3	2
Population Trend	—	—

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Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

无

Blue-headed Coucal only

🌲 Forest 🌿 Wetland

Lesser Ground-cuckoo only

无

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Song & Call Comparison

Blue-headed Coucal

鸣唱

Deep, hollow resonant call; powerful low-frequency notes carrying impressively far through dense forest.

Lesser Ground-cuckoo

鸣唱

Soft, ventriloquial whistled phrase; clear pure notes given quietly and deceptively from dense tropical thicket.

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保护状况

Least Concern

Blue-headed Coucal

Least Concern

Lesser Ground-cuckoo

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How to Tell Them Apart

Blue-headed Coucal

羽毛

Unirufous Coucal: entirely rich rufous-brown above and below; dark graduated tail; red eye; uniformly rufous distinctive plumage

Lesser Ground-cuckoo

羽毛

Greater Roadrunner: boldly streaked brown above; white-cream below with dark streaks; long tail; shaggy crest; bare facial skin; fast runner

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About These Birds

Blue-headed Coucal

蓝头鸦鹃 (Centropus monachus)，体长约38厘米。头颈部蓝黑色，上体栗红色，下体黑色，翅膀红褐色，尾长。眼红色。分布于非洲中部的雨林地带，包括刚果盆地。栖息于茂密的森林和次生林。以大型昆虫和小型脊椎动物为食。

Lesser Ground-cuckoo

Lesser Ground-cuckoo (Morococcyx erythropygus) — 28 cm. Brown above; chestnut rump; whitish underparts; bare blue orbital skin. Inhabits dry and semi-arid scrub from Mexico to Costa Rica. Non-parasitic; builds its own nest in low shrubs. Runs on the ground hunting large insects, lizards, and amphibians. Monotypic genus endemic to Mesoamerica.

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