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Side-by-Side Comparison

属性	African Emerald Cuckoo	Scaled Ground-Cuckoo
学名	Chrysococcyx cupreus	Neomorphus squamiger
目	Cuculiformes	Cuculiformes
科	Cuculidae	Cuculidae
保护状况	Least Concern	Not Evaluated
体长	—	—
翼展	21.1 cm (8.3 in)	—
体重	38.0 g (1.34 oz)	340.0 g (11.99 oz)
食性	--	--
产卵数	--	--
Population Trend	—	—

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Habitat Comparison

共同栖息地

无

African Emerald Cuckoo only

无

Scaled Ground-Cuckoo only

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Song & Call Comparison

African Emerald Cuckoo

鸣唱

Deep, hollow resonant booming call; powerful low notes carrying far through dense tropical forest. Vocalization pattern typical of this species in its native habitat.

Scaled Ground-Cuckoo

鸣唱

Deep, hollow booming call; resonant bass notes carrying far across dense humid tropical forest floor.

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保护状况

Least Concern

African Emerald Cuckoo

Not Evaluated

Scaled Ground-Cuckoo

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How to Tell Them Apart

African Emerald Cuckoo

羽毛

New Caledonian Bronze-cuckoo: bronze-green above; barred white below; island endemic; red eye; iridescent bronze-green; small size

Scaled Ground-Cuckoo

羽毛

Banded Ground-cuckoo: rufous-buff below with dark barring; dark olive above; blue facial skin; long tail; barred pattern below

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About These Birds

African Emerald Cuckoo

非洲翡翠金鹃(Chrysococcyx cupreus)体长20-22厘米。雄鸟：上体及胸部呈耀眼的翡翠绿色；腹部横斑白色。广泛分布于撒哈拉以南非洲的森林和林地。寄生于多种鸟巢中，以其鲜亮的雄性羽色而著称。

Scaled Ground-Cuckoo

Scaled Ground-Cuckoo (Neomorphus squamiger) — 45–48 cm. Bronze-olive above; scaled white-tipped breast; rufous flanks; bare blue orbital ring. Restricted to humid eastern Amazonian forest in Pará, Brazil. Non-parasitic; follows army ants. Insectivore. Vulnerable; small range threatened by deforestation.

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