Birds of Colombia

    CUCULIFORMES: Cuculidae (Cuckoos)  
Genus: Neomorphus (4 species, 5 worldwide)


Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo
Rufous-vented Ground Cuckoo (Neomorphus geoffroyi salvini) Vulnerable
Panama  
   
Photograph by Joel N. Rosenthal   © All Rights Reserved.

A rarely seen songbird-sized cuckoo that follows ant swarms.

Red-billed Ground Cuckoo
Red-billed Ground Cuckoo (Neomorphus pucheranii)
  Image by Fran?ois-Louis Laporte, comte de Castelnau (1802?1880)
   
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Banded Ground Cuckoo
Banded Ground Cuckoo (Neomorphus radiolosus) Endangered
Un Poco del Choco Reserve, Ecuador  
   
Photograph by Jenn Sinasac   © All Rights Reserved.

Banded Ground Cuckoo
Banded Ground Cuckoo (Neomorphus radiolosus) Endangered
Ecuador  
   
Photograph by George Cruz (San Jorge Eco-Lodges)   © All Rights Reserved.

Very rare, even at ant swarms.

Rufous-winged Ground Cuckoo
Rufous-winged Ground Cuckoo (Neomorphus rufipennis)
  Image credit: Joseph Wolf
   
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